tinman wrote:It's a type 77 Kombi 2lt so I'm guessing it's a type 4 engine. It's the flat engine type, standard late bay window engine.
I thought the kombi was a type 2 or is that the split screen and the bay window is a type 4?
I know the early bay windows had the upright beetle (type1) engine in them.
[ Edited on 1-2-2007 by tinman ]
WHen refferring to the vehicles... the Type 1 is the entire KdF/Beetle/Karmann Ghia/Thing/Superbeetle/L Beetle series, The Type 2 designation is applied to all aircooled Kombis (barndoor split, small window split, big window split, early bay, late bay), the Type 3 is... well... the Type 3 (sedan, fastback and stationwagon shape), and the Type 4 is the Type 4... a rather unsucessful successor to the Type 3 also available as a fastback, wagon, and i think sedan.
When referring specifically to Kombis, T1 is a splitwindow Kombi (1949-1967), T2 is a baywindow Kombi (1968-1979), T3 is a Vanagon (1980-1991), T4 is the first generation of the front engined, front wheel drive Transporter/Kombi/Caravelles (1990-2005), and T5 is the 2nd generation of front engined Kombi (2006-present).
aircooled Kombis are sometimes also referred to as T1a ("barndoor" split), T1b (smallwindow split), T1c (bigwindow split), T2a (early "lowlight" bay with oval taillights), and T2b (late bay with high lights (except 1972), and rectangle taillights).
WHen referring to engines, Type 1 are the uprihght cooled 1100, 1200, 1300 and 1500 engines used on Beetles, Type 1 KG's, all splitwindow Kombi's etc (1300 not used on Kombis)... and the 1600 engines built for use in Superbeetles/ L Beetles. These engines do not have bosses or drillings for rubber engine mounts and a transverse weight bearing crossmember under the forward end... hence they cannot be used in baywindow Kombis. most are single carbed except the odd few in Africa, Mexico and the US.
Type 2 engines are upright cooled 1600 engines built for use in Kombis from 1968-1977 (when to my knowledge 1600's were dropped from Kombis?). They have bosses and drillings for a mounting crossmember and rubber mounts, and other variations to facilitate their use in a Kombi. All are single carbuetted.
Type 3 engines are 1500's and 1600's with a flat "suitcase" fan setup running off the crankshaft rather than the belt driven upright setup of the Type 1 engine. they are designed this way to fit under the trunk floor of the Type 3 stationwagon, fastback and sedan. The 1600's have crossmember mounting holes so can be be converted to upright cooling and used in a Kombi if needed. the 1500's dont have hols or bosses. 1500's were singlecarbed, 1600's were either twin carbed or had D-jetronic fuel injection.
Type 4 engines are based on the old Type 1/2/3 VW boxer motor, but bigger alll round, sturdier, and with an aluminium crankcase and with a flat "pancake"cooling setup similar to the Type 3 motor. The were originally designed as a collaboration between Porsche and and VW for midmounting in Porsches 914 and rear-mounting in VW's Type 411 and 412. They began life in the 914 and 411/2 as a 1700cc motor with twin carburetters, and after the Type 4 flopped, it found it's way into the 1972 Kombi as an option. Then it was developed into an 1800cc carburetted engine and became standard equipment for the Kombi and 914, and was developed further into two fuel injected 2L variations for the 914 and the Kombi respectively. In AUstralia the engnes in Kombis remained carburetted as standard until 1978.
God I'm a pedant... time for bed. :duh
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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