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My Stock '69 1500cc Bug!!

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trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·

#714733
Already have, havent stalled in like a year. Gets anoying when you get into a car that actually idles 😂

NuZo Officially Full-On Dubber

286 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#714817
reminds me of my good old postie bike!!

doesnt have a battery, so it wont idle! but still goes hard!!

NuZo Officially Full-On Dubber

286 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#714870
saw something interesting today!

my rego papers say that my engine is a 1300cc?

is this true? and how do i find out if its real or not?

Cheers

EDIT.

ok iv been here

http://www.type2.com/bartnik/enginecodes.htm

but my engine starts with H - 11(etc)

not like H5 - or H0 -

ugh confused :S

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#714885
NSW rego papers are about as usefull as tits on a bull
ive seen that many mistakes on engine capacity over the years its not funny

at least 3 of my bugs have been way off with engine capacity
a mates bug changed modles a few times
one said it was a 62 1192cc a few years earlier same bug was a 64 1285cc....🙄

H is 1500 single port in aus but im betting its probably a 1600 these days as the parts bolt straight in and are cheaper than the 1500 kits so most mechanics make the swap when engines are rebuilt which after 40 years most have been several times

NuZo Officially Full-On Dubber

286 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#714901
yeah ive been told that b4 aswell.

phew.. i was starting to be all sadface!

i like the sound of 1500cc... dont like 1300cc... sounds like a Swift or something..

1.5L baby! yay!!!!

Cheers joel 😀

NuZo Officially Full-On Dubber

286 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#716902
ok a question for all u guys in the kno out there...

is my bug an IRS or Swingaxle?

iv been trying to find out for a while, TBH looking under the car didnt do much for me.

iv been reading that in 1969 IRS was introduced. but was that only on semi-autos? or all 1500's?

its really got me thinking casue if i want to make the car handle better im guessing it would be better for me to have an IRS rear?

Help? Cheers all! bed time for me!!

trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·

#716955
I'd say it would be swing-axle

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#717008
its a swinger,
IRS became standard in 69 only in the US on standard bugs
all of aus, europe etc had swinger standards and superbeetles were IRS

NuZo Officially Full-On Dubber

286 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#717158
ahh, bugger! im guessing theres not much u can do to make a swinger handle as good as an IRS?