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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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not recant Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2014 Posts: 7 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted a VW Baja with a Motor that can do AC & has a heater that works & that dont need to be adjustd evey 3000 miles! I refer to how to keep your VW alive! BOOK! IM just now learing of VWs After near 40 years of owning nothing but GMC. Still have a mid 1970s that runs bot new that s not got to be adjusted evey 3000 miles & has a none plastic radeaitor & NO Damn computer! Thank you all for your replys!!!!!!!!!!1 |
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*Darren Samba Member
Joined: July 29, 2013 Posts: 917 Location: MD
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted a VW Baja with a Motor that can do AC & has a heater that works & that dont need to be adjustd evey 3000 miles! I refer to how to keep your VW alive! BOOK! IM just now learing of VWs After near 40 years of owning nothing but GMC. Still have a mid 1970s that runs bot new that s not got to be adjusted evey 3000 miles & has a none plastic radeaitor & NO Damn computer! Thank you all for your replys!!!!!!!!!!1 |
Well if thats the case - late mexican engines don't require valve adjustments. BOth Gilmore & ICE offer AC units that don't sap hp. Heat? Really, VWs do provide adequate heat for most peeps and if need be, there are accessory heaters (for example, eberspacher) you can run if you really have to. No need to re-invent the wheel and add a whole lot of expense doing a GM engine when there are far cheaper, less of a hassle, better alternatives. |
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arizonabuckeye Samba Member
Joined: November 10, 2013 Posts: 544 Location: SLC
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: What Chevrolet engine is best for a 63-69 Beetle? |
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I'm planning on getting a 63-69 Beetle and looking to get a Chevrolet engine, preferably 4-cylinder, that is easily adaptable to fit one. |
I only trust pre 1980 GMC motors ! May forget the Baja maddness soon if no better responce & stay Chevrolet ALL the way! Thanks for the suggestions so far! |
Are you for real? I mean you aren't serious right? Baja madness? Chevy powered beetle mutant isn't Baja madness, it's a little boy that can't make up his mind. |
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not recant Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2014 Posts: 7 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Heat is to deefrost so as to see where one is going! AC is to get home from work in 105 temp in insaine traffic! The only diffrence in men & boys is the price of their toys! Relaiabilaty is the hope ! Frankenstine Monster is not good! The Mex Motor might do the trick! Like I wrote I know only what I read of thes VWsA VW shop told me this Somba had ALL the answers! The best set up for a BAJA ! I cant find a running VW to evon test drive or look at thats not locked! Were selling it for the owener & dont have the keys! O well ! Id like to know more of this Mexicon motor & where to get the damn thing! Thanks! |
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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Bob Loblaw Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 865 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:20 am Post subject: |
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arizonabuckeye Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Heat is to deefrost so as to see where one is going! AC is to get home from work in 105 temp in insaine traffic! The only diffrence in men & boys is the price of their toys! Relaiabilaty is the hope ! Frankenstine Monster is not good! The Mex Motor might do the trick! Like I wrote I know only what I read of thes VWsA VW shop told me this Somba had ALL the answers! The best set up for a BAJA ! I cant find a running VW to evon test drive or look at thats not locked! Were selling it for the owener & dont have the keys! O well ! Id like to know more of this Mexicon motor & where to get the damn thing! Thanks! |
We are the ones with all the answers... three pages of them for one question! Glad we have persuaded you to return from the dark side! |
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not recant Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2014 Posts: 7 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Cseay 1 ! That looke intersting enuf! This is the kind of info I was looking for! I would have thot after all thes years of Street Bajas,that someone had one set up with AC & good Heater by now! The heater seems simple enuf to fix! Again Iv known nothing but GMC so This is a all new world to me! I did set in one & my boot rubbed the brake peddle & the ridge running down the middle of this tiny beast! I found a set of bigger wider peddles some whwere on the internet! Ill not give up on this project just yet then! Thanks one & all! |
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dirtslinger Samba Member
Joined: January 20, 2009 Posts: 392 Location: South Bay, So Cal
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Something like this??? 4.3L V6, but it's never gonna fit in the back of a bug.
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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4.3 is a good choice.. although newer than the OP's preference for pre-1980, it is basically a 350 with two cylinders lopped off and you can get 4bbl carb intakes and HEI distributors to run non-ecu setups.
Hot Rod editor David Freiburger and staff editor Mike Finnegan slap a Powerstroke turbo on a 4.3 powered Junkyard dog 240Z called the Rotsun in an episode of Roadkill.
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In another episode they trade an LS powered Chevy stepside for a VW baja.
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not recant Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2014 Posts: 7 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:21 am Post subject: |
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Hows the parts on thes VWs thes days! Do thay hold up? Staters ,fuel pumps wiper motors the whole show! Who still makes parts & who has them? O Rillyes said thay had a FEW parts! |
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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