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 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:38 pm Post subject: Type 3 Fastback Engine size? |
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Does anyone know how to find the engine size on a Fastback? I have a 1972 Type 3 Fastback. I've been googling like crazy and it kind of looks like maybe they're all 1600TL, but then again it's hard to tell from the search results. I have no idea what TL stands for either. Thank you!  |
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If it is stock, it is most likely a 1600 cc, the TL stands for Touring Limousine.
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Look in your VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE MANUAL Type 3 1968 through 1973 by Bentley since you will Need this manual! It is 1584cc, but called a 1600.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 Fastback Engine size? |
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| Does anyone know how to find the engine size on a Fastback? I have a 1972 Type 3 Fastback. I've been googling like crazy and it kind of looks like maybe they're all 1600TL, but then again it's hard to tell from the search results. I have no idea what TL stands for either. Thank you! |
is it stock? is it the original engine? did you know the previous owner or whomever may have installed the engine?
1584cc to start with... who knows what's in there by now...
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terrieann
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| It's all original. The only things on it that aren't stock are the shifter (replaced with a trigger shifter, but I was given the old shifter in case I wanted to change back) and it has Porsche rims. I bought it from someone who is very knowledgeable about older VW's and he checked all the #'s on the car and everything matches. |
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TL was what the fastback was named
VW 1600 TL
F.I.... 1600 TLE
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"Touring Limousine"
Yes. The German word for sedan is Limousine. Has nothing to do with our English translation, usually implying a long, 4-door sedan. Brits call this type automobile a saloon. And no swinging doors on it... 
The "E" in TLE stands for the German word for (fuel) injection- Einspritzung.
Actually, all Fastbacks since day 1 were 1600cc (OK, 1584cc). From '66 thru '67 they had dual carburetors. For the US market starting with the '68 model year, VW went to fuel injection which they kept thru end of production in 1973. The same "basic" engine longblock was utilized on the Beetle and Ghia from 1971 on, but had the upright fan shroud cooling system. |
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| Rome wrote: |
Actually, all Fastbacks since day 1 were 1600cc (OK, 1584cc).
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unless you got a super-rare 1600TA, wich is a fastback with sparse interior and a sidedraft 1500cc engine, they do exist, very rare in Europe, probably non-existant in the US
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Y'all have the most interesting information. Like Alice in Wonderland it's all getting "curiouser and curiouser".  |
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| Slow 1200 wrote: |
| Rome wrote: |
Actually, all Fastbacks since day 1 were 1600cc (OK, 1584cc).
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unless you got a super-rare 1600TA, wich is a fastback with sparse interior and a sidedraft 1500cc engine, they do exist, very rare in Europe, probably non-existant in the US
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