For all those that know my last ride (see VWMA May), you will know that Im not done with my aircooled projects just yet.

Part of the plan was to build an engine over here in Dubai and bring it back, then swap it into the bug in place of my 2L t4. I think I will probably still do that at some stage, wife permitting, but that plan has now changed slightly, and I will be building a whole car here.

Whats the point of having an engine and not driving it right.

Anyone who is into some other forums around the place or been watching ebay might already know, but I thought Id start with a bit of a guessing game.

Its still in the family, and it will be aircooled.

Give me some guesses and I will keep dropping some clues.

Only pics I have so far are the ones off ebay. If it all works out, I will take possession in about August when it arrives in the port.

Will be a work in progress from then on......

single prop light aircraft of some description?

Based on the fact that you were going to swap it into your bug if it's not going to be a volksy powered home built aircraft my guess is an air cooled corvair engine.

forget the engines and start guessing about the car

its a car.

LOL

550 Spyder

frid!?

someones been watching the forums

so much for the suspense. 1 lousy clue: "its a car" and you got it first go.

LOL

Some pics from the ebay add

Its been picked up and is on truck, heading towards the Miami Port!

















It will likely arrive in 6-7 weeks, I will take some more pictures then

damned images

whats the story? they seem to work on other forums

Nice one mate - I bet that will be lots of fun especially with a decent engine to push it along

PS you forgot the forward slash "/" in front of the "img" after the link.....so it should be [ / img ] without the spaces.

Al

Thanks Al, will be a blast.

I have ordered a 2316-210 engine kit from Jake, so it should move along ok.

tried a few options on the links and still no joy

I love them! they are not easy for me to get in and out of so I hope to get a speedster one day
good luck with it I look forward to seeing the pics

ahh, the images work ok

That looks pretty cool and so does your bug in the Mag. What an amazing job, bet you want to kiss the guy who helped you build it. Good luck with the new project and I may come next year to give you a hand.

Golde

The 2L T4 that won't be going in your JVA - what are your plans for that? and is it a hot one?

Ken (aka Aussiespyder)

nice one Kim these are a blast to drive. How about 914 5 speed box and a 2.2 or 2.4 mfi flat 6??

Deano, I did think about that, but I want to build the engine myself.
I have never done much work on the engine before, so thats the aim of the game here.

As for the 914 box (901) that was an option but the 1-2 L pattern shift and the reputation for a weak first gear kept me away.

I almost bought a 915, but the hassles of swapping to work mid engine, and the clutch/flywheel/thrust bearing changes are all a bit beyond me. I want to give myself a fighting chance to finish this and drive it SOON, so that means I will build the engine and not the box.

I ve ordered a t1 4 speed IRS box with all the tricks from Jake to match the engine (he calls it a stage C trans), that means that I know it will work with the engine

Ken

as for the 2L engine, its mild, not hot.
1971 (standard rebuild, but with 1800 heads)
electronic ignition, 40 dells, sharpbuild upright fan
exhaust/extractors 4-1

a few other good bits too.

It will stay in the car for a while, and eventually, time and money permitting, it will be replaced with a bigger one and a tougher box to match.
Not gonna happen for a few years though.

unless someone makes me an offer I cant refuse......

LOL

Hah!

Man... i was half wishing / dreaming

Would LOVE one of those

You going to be able to register it here??

Kim

My Spyder a has a EFI Porsche 914 2.0l engine with Sharpbuilt upright kit. But I'd like to build up a hotter engine and do weekend swap. Keen to stay with the Porsche version of the T4 so the critics don't call it a VW. However if I found a warm to hot VW T4 i'd consider it. Just the long block as I would put my self built EFI on it.

By the way Dean's T34 was once mine!

Ken

Dean

I still have the 2.0l 911s engine from the T34 - keeping it for a rainy day - won't fit in my spyder - It would fit in the JVA though!

Ken

you are a bad influence!

the 2316 will fit pretty well too.....

^ why not try a 4cyl 911 engine. There's a guy in the US who does them for the outlaw 356 crowd. Still aircooled and 4cyl but a much much better motor. Couldn't cost too much more either.




http://emorymotorsports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

Looks downright horn to me!


Alternatively you could put some Subaru twin cam heads on it so it's like a 4 cam carrera motor. Talk to Ian Swinkels (aka 2443TT), he's done this.

btw, cop this outlaw...
http://bringatrailer.com/2007/10/29/abarth-inspired-1960-porsche-356b-aussie-...

noice

Kim, just spend a 100k and get a quad cam carrera motor way kool. Those things are nuts.

I like the flat 6 with the 2 cylinders chopped off. Seen these on a couple of web sites.

Ken , I thought you have made that 2ltr S motor into a coffee table??

2.4's still going strong.

and the progress has been delayed a bit

Jake is working on the kit, I have added a quaife to the box so that when I m sideways I ll at least stand a chance of straightening up again...........

but the shipping process has blown out by almost a month
that means that rather than august it will be september before I get to see it

in the meantime I have bought some 45mm dells, rather than webers and got them and the quaife heading to Atlanta, where the whole shebang will come together and get palleted up and sent here after the box is built and the kit is ready
I m looking at the unimportant stuff now, like breathers, and what time of CDI ignitions that I can choose from, cos I was hoping I would have the car here now and be thinking about axle sizes and gearbox mounts.

aw well

patience is not one of my virtues, but I promise to add some pics when it arrives

and heres one I prepared earlier, with a similar set of wheels to what I am intending