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| 1983~92 VW Vanagon crankshaft & flywheel in VW Type 1 & 3 style engines |
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:16 am Views: 701
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For a more durable, VW Type 1 or 3 style engine, one can adapt the 68·9 mm or 76·0 mm stroke crankshafts, with matching connecting rods and 5-bolt flywheels, from the 1983~92 VW Vanagon (i.e. T3 or Type 25), 1913 cc or 2109 cc, water-cooled, flat-4 petrol engines, which fundamentally, were merely a further development, of the VW Type 1 Beetle style and 1980~83 VW 1600 Vanagon, air-cooled engines. In addition to the stronger 5-bolt flywheel attachment, the crankshaft has larger bearing journals and extra webbing.
Although it is rumoured that bearing sets for the water-cooled, flat-4 petrol engines, are hard to obtain in the USA, I believe they are readily obtainable in Great Britain & Europe. The 1913 cc and 2109 cc engines, have 215 mm and 228 mm diameter clutches respectively, so these are likely to be subject to the same clutch-housing clearance requirements, as the 1968~79 VW 1600 Type 2, 1972~75 VW 17/1800 Type 2 and 1976~79 VW 2000 Type 2 engines.
The picture was originally presented, as part of an introduction as follows, to the services of Laurie Pettitt, proprietor of The Bug Factory (aka Laurie Pettitt Engines), in Ayton, Berwickshire, who routinely undertakes such conversions.
"Crank it up!", Products, VW Motoring, October 1998, Page 80.
Laurie Pettitt also contributed a magazine article as follows. outlining the rebuild of a water-cooled, flat-4 Vanagon engine:
Laurie Pettitt & Paul Cave, "Build the Boxer: Part 1", Volkswagen Camper & Commercial, Issue 2, Spring 2001, Pages 46~49.
Laurie Pettitt & Paul Cave, "Build the Boxer: Part 2", Volkswagen Camper & Commercial, Issue 3, Summer 2001, Pages 48~51.
One passing acquaintance of mine, by the name of John R. Long, in Burton Pidsea, near Hull, Humberside, England, had such a modified, 1776 or 1835 cc, VW Type 1 style engine, built by Laurie Pettitt, for his 1971~79 VW 1600 Type 2, using the water-cooled Vanagon engine components, plus large-valve cylinder heads, mild cam, etc. |
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