hi guys looking at increasing power on my beetle, either by buying a replacement engine that has had the work done or a complete rebuild of another engine not sure on which road to go down, any input or if anyone has some bits n bobs floating around please let me know cheers paul

give rod penrose a call

Rod Penrose

02-42729920

nick

Mate, you need to work out exactly what you are after...and how deep your pockets are

everything is for sale .at a price. hey reubs

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SUBARU-IMPREZA-LIBERTY-2L-engine-2005-EJ20-WRECKING_W0...

How much you want to spend and how fast do you want to go?

And how long do you want it to last?
Simon

And how far do you drive weekly/monthly/anually?

There is no fast Vw motors in perth , so dont look here

i drive the car 3-4 times a week when im not driving the suzuki to and from work. i dont need anything crazy but 70-80 horse would be nice just so when i want to put the boot in a bit i can. woud like to keep it reliable though. and as for price thats why im asking you guys because iv got no idea on where to even start so im looking to bypass the whole well that was a complete waste of time moments at this stage id put a ceiling of $1500 to do a bit of tweaking here and there but will see what the options are first

$1500 won't go far at all, sorry. start looking for bolt on bit's and bob's in that budget.

once you get seriously building a motor from scratch 10HP = $1K (well almost)

Daimo, that has to be for a delux.
I am currently building a few more, and am aiming at 10 hp = $800. All New.

yeah well i did say ALMOST!........

you work too cheap don't forget

when i say that i mean, pumps, paint, muffler, hoses, filters, bolts etc.............EVERY LITTLE piece new or fully recoed and purchased out right (you know what i'm talking about anyways Matty)

wanna come down and baby sit so i can get going on my gearbox?

Haven't you put that thing in yet???

That's what the baby seat is for, strap 'em in while you work on the car.

didn't think of that........maybe this Sunday

what bolt ons can i do first up?

first thing to do is remove the 2 major restrictions - the stock exhaust and carby

vws by nature were undercarbed and over exhausted to give good economy and long life

a good 4into1 header and quiet pack muffler and pair of duel carbs like kadrons are the best way to wake up a stock engine
just that is good for about 25% improvement on a stock 1600
just do that and see if ur happy next step is ratio rockers or if ur really keen open up and change cam but if ur going to that extreme be better off adding some more cubes while its apart

all this is assuming tho ur current engine is in good health

Excellent advice!!!!

maybe Big Valves heads makes ur 1600 breathe better ...
or better yet... put a 13b in it

yeah im trying to work out which linkage to run with for the twin carbs, has got extractors on it now.

Big valve heads without port work and other relevant engine components wont do. You already have a minimal budget, figure out what you are capable of doing yourself, then spend all your money on quality parts.

I would do some headwork on stock valved heads, unshroud the valves, open the intake ports, blend the ex ports, match port the manifolds, flycut 0.100, etc.
Get a good merged exhaust system from Westi, Dual carbs pref Dells, 1.4:1 rockers on solid shafts, 009 with pertronix, power pulley, etc. give that a go and see how it runs.

Oh i almost forgot, stay away from water, Porsche didn't like it much.

cheers for that, i forgot to mention i can get all my machining done really really cheap through work, and budgets can always be adjusted im looking for ball park figures mainly to brace myself and then go for it. looking at some of the pricing it almost worth while going to a subaru engine for the cost involved in the vw stuff