Engine upgrade

breville Slammed & Awesome Dubber

80 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 16 Sep 2003, 9:07 am

#86804

i have a 72 S bug

i am looking for the easiest way to go bigger

thinking maybe 2l kombi engine
or barrels and heads

Champagne taste beer budget.

any suggestions people

thanks

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 16 Sep 2003, 9:30 am

#86809

Bigger or faster???
If it's already a 1600, and price is an issue, maybe carbs and exhaust will give you what you want?
If not, keep an eye out for good second hand. Some good used stuff comes up from time to time such as this:

http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=13166

Have a look back through buying selling and the trading post.
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breville Slammed & Awesome Dubber

80 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 16 Sep 2003, 9:37 am

#86810

i have weber dcn40 and empi monza pipes gt40 coil petronics ignition, empi power pulley.

this runs well just looking for that little bit extra

maybe someone would be interested in swap

can you put a 2l kombie engine into a beetle - if so what is the process required

regards

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 16 Sep 2003, 9:46 am

#86812

2L type 4's go well into a beetle and are a better motor (my opinion), but not on a budget. They are more expensive to buy and re-build and much more expensive to get performance parts for.
Add to that mods required to the beetle and motor to fit it in and costs soon escalate.
They are also heavier, and if your going that far you might as well throw in a Kombi GB, more costs and mods.
Check out used parts prices and mods others have done to see what you want.
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,787 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Sep 2003, 8:46 pm

#87300

Yeah the Type4 road aint cheap

Have a read of these 1600 hot ups

http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles.htm

There are some good options there that will add a few hp to a healthy 1600
After that you are looking cc's. Either a 1776 or 1915. Strokers are talking more $$$s.
That add for parts is a great deal. Make your self a nice 1776 and add dual carbs when you can afford it

Futue te ipsum!!!

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 17 Sep 2003, 6:31 pm

#87845

on a budget, i would go a 1776cc motor, or if u are that perverted a 1915cc. but i thought of it this way, get the cam, crank, barrels and heads ported. with ur budget, and then use boltons, such as ratio rockers, carbs, ignition, exhaust etc later on when u have more money.

with the old carbs etc, u will be loosing performance but this way u build the engine in stages. and it costs money to split a case or pull an engine for head work so get this all done with the rebuild.