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Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:24 pm

Hi, my son just lost a rod bearing in his 67 baja. We were going to build up a performance motor for it but he just can't find the money. The car came with a boatload of extra parts when we bought it so we just going to rebuild the old case instead (much cheaper)!

I had a couple of questions though......I need to ID the case before we get started. The numbers on the side are: 000.101.1028 Any one know what size engine that's supposed to be?

Also, if that is a 1600........can I run the brand new cam I found in one of those boxes? It's a Berg cam, on the end is it's stamped Berg 296 08. Will that run? I do plan on cleaning up the heads and possibly doing a little porting.

Thanks for the input guys.

Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:27 pm

have any letters for that case???

look below where the alt/gen goes, and on the side of the sump.

letters.

Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:24 pm

Good cam for small combo or when low end torque is needed, but keep the compression low (8.0:1 or lower.) Will give a great vacuum signal for any plenum base carburetors, like a single 40mm Weber.

Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:32 pm

dog_jr911 wrote: have any letters for that case???

look below where the alt/gen goes, and on the side of the sump.

letters.

Letters.......OK
Upon looking for the letters I found a completely different (correct) number. Lets try this one.

H0670641

Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:13 pm

That's a '67 1500, according to the old engine letter chart.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/engine_letters.php

There are better cases out there, but you could build a little 1776 on it for little more than the cost of a stock build. At a minimum, you'll need to linebore it, punch out the case and heads for the bigger 90.5 cylinders, and clean everything really well.

The difference between a stock engine and 1776/1915 isn't much, but if money is the main issue, there may be no other alternative but stock.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:38 am

Yeah, it's all about the money. The thing is we have so many new parts in boxes just laying around. The cylinders/pistons are still in good shape so a stock motor would not cost much at all.

Now, will that Berg 296 cam work with a stock 1500?

Also, we tore the case apart yesterday and found the crank is a little chewed up from when the bearing spun. Maybe we will have to bite the bullet and build up a new 1776 any way.