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 LukeV85
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 12:00 PM |
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Aircooled VS Watercooled
Hey guys,
Just wondering what you guys like better. Watercooled or Aircooled Veedubs.
Im a fan of the Aircooled motor. Reason being that the aircooled engine in my opinion is simple and reliable. My beetle is 45 yrs old and running on
the same motor since new, due to a full service histroy might I had.
Watercooled motors are complicated and there more that can go wrong with it. Thats what I think anyway.
What you dubbers think?
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 10:33 PM |
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I like my aircooled engines for the same reasons. One thing I like about old cars as opposed to new cars is that if it doesn't serve a purpose, it
aint hanging off the engine. Much easier to fix when broken down etc.
Good to see an old car still in regular use.:thumb
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| posted on September 11th, 2007 at 11:02 PM |
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I have built many of both and from a power/reliability perspective an air cooled engine is not capable of competing long term. that said the charm of
an air cooled engines can't be underestimated plus when people go to the effort to get big power from them they are defiantly more interesting that
their H2O cousins. I'd defiantly have a 2.6L type 4 with a turbo or a type1 2L with 48ida's :P but ultimately I'm lazy so I'll just jam a Subaru
water pumper out back of my bug (the engines are cousins after all)
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| posted on September 13th, 2007 at 11:02 AM |
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Looks like aircooled is winning it.
Any watercooled fans out there?
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| posted on September 14th, 2007 at 08:06 AM |
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Good V Evil
Yeah, there's plenty of watercooled fans, I'd guess most who like watercooled don't feel the need to defend them.
I've had plenty of aircooled VW's, now I've gone over to the wet side there's no going back.
Steve.
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| posted on September 15th, 2007 at 11:32 AM |
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Ahh but you posted in watercooled.
Different horses, different courses.
Personally the older Aircooled are easier to work., but the watercooled T3's up to 92 are the ducks nuts. No comp there.
Take a ride in an old bay and try the T3.
All the senses will be rewoken to the excitement of a watercooled engine.
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 01:31 PM |
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I own 2 aircooled (57 oval and 74 1300 bugs) VW's and 2 watercooled (NB Cabrio and Polo GTI) VW's so I am officially a fence sitter ...... As for
ease of repair, I know bugger all about them so if any of the family cause me problems they go to the same VW hospital .......
For day to day driving nothing can beat the comfort of a new car
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| posted on September 24th, 2007 at 03:08 PM |
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What a VW owner that doesnt work on their own vehicles?
Must be some kind of a new age thing.:duh
Could be a good poll.
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on September 25th, 2007 at 10:15 AM |
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hahaha... yeah that's my job..
see.... air and water do mix 
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 04:00 AM |
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Ive got air and watercooled vws love em both but to tell you the truth the watercooled stuff is superior by a large margin in standard form theyre
more reliable need less servicing use less fuel and are heaps faster and more reliable safer roomier have better brakes handling etc and they dont
hold the traffic up going up hill
eg my 69 1500 bug has 50hp
my 74 passat also 1500 has 98hp and weighs 50kg less
harsh but true
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 11:10 AM |
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This subject always opens up a can of worms.
If it's good enough for Adolf it's good enough for me.
lol
Air Cooled all the way.
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| posted on October 17th, 2007 at 08:08 PM |
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try this poll on the watercooled site!!!
i have to say i love both
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| posted on October 17th, 2007 at 08:16 PM |
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as long as it's horizontally opposed I don't much care ...
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| posted on October 17th, 2007 at 09:55 PM |
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As long as its horizontally opposed and uses air for cooling its got me.
Water is for drinking or swimming in.
Beer is for drinking.
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 12:12 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by LukeV85
Hey guys,
Just wondering what you guys like better. Watercooled or Aircooled Veedubs.
Im a fan of the Aircooled motor. Reason being that the aircooled engine in my opinion is simple and reliable. My beetle is 45 yrs old and running on
the same motor since new, due to a full service histroy might I had.
Watercooled motors are complicated and there more that can go wrong with it. Thats what I think anyway.
What you dubbers think?
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Can I say, how can a watercooled engine be more complicated when it has less moving part's! Just cost it has some water jacket's & a pump.
The aircooler's also use a pump to move the air around don't they? They also have extra gear on them too, like pushrod's, pushrod tubes, rocker
gear etc. Doesn't that also mean that they can have more that can go wrong with them.
H2O also have less place's to leak oil from too.
I'll stick up for the waterpumpers, as I've had many of them & have only had one problem with a rapped engine in over 350+K which was a
headgasket. That's all.
I will also say I'm a fan of both engine's & not bias in anyway & would love to own a overpowered early bug, but have nowhere to put it.
If you know your stuff & alot of people on here do, you can extract good power from the aircooler as I've seen from Nick & his stable of fast
reliable car's.
But you can also create some good power out of the waterpumper's.
My dad alway's said to me. Stick with what you know best & for me, it's the H2O.
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| posted on November 2nd, 2007 at 03:38 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vwrallycar
try this poll on the watercooled site!!!
i have to say i love both
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Posting this comment on the watercooled forum. Would be interesting to see if we get the opposite reaction there.
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| posted on December 17th, 2007 at 07:20 PM |
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Of course they are all aircooled...afterall what cools your water? but then your aircooled is so inefficient it has nothing to be proud of...when you
are doing 100km/hr(if you can) you are ignoring the gale force wind hitting the front of your car...your engine thinks its a stationary engine sucking
hot air...so no winners really...now stick your aircooled engine out front(see my avatar)...there is a winner!
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| posted on May 29th, 2008 at 12:42 PM |
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I'm a watercooled fan and to those who are curious if this was posted on the watercooled site it would be an overwhelming response for the H2O's.
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| posted on May 29th, 2008 at 01:21 PM |
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i've had both. aircooled type 3's and a new polo GTI and my current ride is a 76 golf.
to be honest i can't split them. yeah i love the GTI for the fact it's so easy and convienient and is a pocket rocket that begs for pedal to the
metal and loves corners. it's very reliable and easy to do everything. A/C!!!!!!! and it doesn't take ages to dfefrost the windows.
then there's my 76 golf. i'm new to the older watercooled but addicted. it's got a 1.8 in it so quick enough to shock some people but still has the
old school feel.
but on the flip side, i just loved cruising in my type 3's. they've got something new cars just don't have.
so i sit undecided. i'm a fan of both.
you've all put up damn good arguments for and against air and water cooled. but, i'm on the fence!
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| posted on July 18th, 2008 at 10:19 AM |
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Watercooled - you can get power more reliably than air-cooled !
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| posted on August 8th, 2008 at 10:55 AM |
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watercooled = newer, more powerful, longer reliability, needs less day to day maintainance, will handle a lot more boost/hp/development.
aircooled = old school, lighter, easier to work on, nicer to gearboxes, less complex (in some ways).
horses for courses. why not like both? I do. I wanted to tick both boxes in poll. 
If we all really wanted bulk hp we'd buy new V8s or rice cars. If we really wanted old old school we'd build hotrods. VWs have a particular
character about them that seems even to extend to later cars like the NB and the R32. I think that is what we're attracted to.
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| posted on August 13th, 2008 at 08:47 PM |
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After drivin a R32 watercool for me.....back to Vw power
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| posted on August 14th, 2008 at 07:51 AM |
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The satisfaction of driving, feeling and hearing a freshly tuned aircooled VW being put through it's paces is an absolute cure for the blues. Air for
nostalgia...yeah, i'm old!  water for convenience. What the hell, if
it's got fins and isn't a dolphin.... aircooled all the way
How many is enough?
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| posted on October 10th, 2008 at 12:04 PM |
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My answer is a little different to most, i choose my cars by there looks over what engine it has i have had a few VWs few friends have beeltes and
kombis my mate is currently building a motor for his beetle pretty awesome stuff! i think if everyone got along and shown as much interest as i do in
my mates beetle and as he does in my golf the Volkswagen world wouldn't be so far apart.
I currently have a 1976 mk1 golf 3door i just love the look of it and the heritage (mainly overseas) it carries as being the original hot hatch my car
has been though 3 engine swaps current engine is 2.0l 16v on mechanical injection a rare setup to have in Australia, so my answer would be watercooled
cause thats all i really know
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| posted on October 20th, 2008 at 08:48 AM |
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I have had both, however I am now getting a little tired of the air stuff.
Focussing on the watercoolers for now, unless something supurb comes up for grabs.
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| posted on January 16th, 2009 at 09:47 PM |
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what a crap poll..
you cant decide which is better because they are totally different things. you have to appreciate both types for what they are
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| posted on January 22nd, 2009 at 02:14 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 74 minx
what a crap poll..
you cant decide which is better because they are totally different things. you have to appreciate both types for what they are
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So u drive a solar powered car then
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on January 22nd, 2009 at 03:06 PM |
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An aircooled Beetle is exactaly what it was designed to be, a simple and reliable little car. It putters along just nicely.
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| posted on January 22nd, 2009 at 05:40 PM |
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It would be like comparing radio to TV.
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This is the 5 point plan that was set out for the KdF Wagen / Beetle, I think the Beetle achived all of these and so much more.
1. Speed
The car had to be capable of a speed of 100 km/h on the great new autobahn.
2. Economy
Petrol consumption should be no more than seven litres per 100km approximately 33MPG. The car had to be economical to repair.
3. Family Size
We cannot separate the children from the parents.
Seating should be for four or five persons.
4. Air Cooling
Most Germans have no garage therefore their cars will be left outside all year round, The problem of frozen radiators must be eliminated.
The engine must be air-cooled.
5. Low purchase price
The car must sell for less than RM 1000
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