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building a t4 for a bay (air cooled vw)

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dubbill Officially Full-On Dubber

336 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#470421
hi im interested on getting some ideas together for people wishing to biuld an aircooled t4 for their bay busses as there is already a section for water pumpers please refrain from posting the subie,mazda,rover,toyota arguments any recomended builders appreciated.we start off with a worn stock carburetted 1970cc motor.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#470429
id reccomend richard holtzs cams i have his mild cam in my t4 motor and its good. im also a fan of the stock twin carbs as they give good performance for what they are
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76camper Fahrvergnugen

884 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#470440
supercharge it! draw through toyota super charger setup with i guess a cam shaft to suit, balanced crank and maybe reduce compression a bit and possibly twin ignition... thats my next build up soon as i get time and $$$

as for builder... no idea...
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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#470447
Speak to Stan Pobjoy 66543694, he's been building heaps of t4's lately.

His twin plug setup on the type 4 works a treat. With his cam, higher compression and the twin carbs you'll have plenty of grunt👍


dubbill Officially Full-On Dubber

336 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#470531
i was actually thinking of a 2056 ie taking the hardened barrells out 2 ml dont know if i can getcarl smith pistons n rings this size (95's no prob)getting peter liddle (bris)to rework a pair of 1800 heads the cam had me stumped i know w.penrose used a pauter k8 but that was in a beetle twin 44 webbers and a set of raby tangerine headers anyone know whos doing tuned exhausts in oz for t4
stans engine sounds sweet might try n pry some valuable info from him any pic's of the twin plug set up anywhere???

dubbill Officially Full-On Dubber

336 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#470532
main points that i can see for the t4 are
1. head work better flow
2. cam work the most important aspect according to my reasearch of jake raby
3. exhaust stock headers are restricrtive
4. carburetion t4's are under carbureted

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#470613
Put a set of 103mm pistons and barrels on it. About $1000 new.


66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·

#470679
Who sells 103's at that price? as i was thinking 78x96 first then stepup to 78x103, cheers Damien.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#470954
go to STF and search ,there is a lot of info regarding 103's but its generally agreed that they dont work in a bus,not so bad in a light beetle:beer:beer:beer
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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#470971
Whatever you do, DON'T use bigger cylinders than stock. Big-bore is great for Beetles which are light-weight cars, but kombis are big and heavy with lots of wind resistance: big-bores won't last long under that kind of load because the walls are too thin. Therefore, if you want more capacity than stock 2L you need to stroke it, but that can be expensive.
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·

#471590
Cost me $850 AUS to get a DPR type 4 78mm crank here, Go 76x 94 for a bus, better torque and power.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

dubbill Officially Full-On Dubber

336 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#472067
barls wrote:id reccomend richard holtzs cams i have his mild cam in my t4 motor and its good. im also a fan of the stock twin carbs as they give good performance for what they are
when you say "mild" do you still have the cam card ie specs for the cam you have????can you pls post

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#472348
66deluxe wrote:Go 76x 94 for a bus
agreed, that's the best without spending a fortune
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#472516
i dont know ill ask the old man if he still has it dubbill
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dubbill Officially Full-On Dubber

336 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#473839
how bout stock fuel injection hardware with microtec/haltec ems

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#473849
im sorry i couldnt find the card about the cam but if you ring richard at vforce im sure he will tell you about it.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me