Which case for 1776

[1971superbeetlewa]

Hello VW world! So I have been looking to build a 1776 for my 71 super for quite awhile now and i guess it's perfect timing cause I can't get my engine to turn over. I have a friend who has like 5 complete engines just sitting in a van and i bought one from him for $100 with a AE code. After tearing it apart it was so nasty inside and where the oil strainer and plate is it was just so corroded/falling apart I chose not to use it. I was then looking at new cases but they are close to $1000. I have realized that all the new cases are AS41 and the engine I have in my bug now is a DO engine code. Could I build a 1776 from my Do engine? I figured I'd ask here, someone's gotta know.

[Vanillagurilla]

You can build it out of any case pretty much. Guys like the dual relief cases for performance reasons like oil flow and pressure. If your just rebuilding it pretty much stock but 1776 then there's no problem. If your going to have the heads and case cut I will make a suggestion. Cut the heads for 94mm cylinders and the case cut for 92s. Then use a 92mm thick top piston amd cylinder kit. That will give you an 1835 with thick cylinders to keep the temps down. Then you will have an 1835 with the same cylinder wall thickness as a 1776. If you could give some more details about what your trying to achieve that would help.

[1971superbeetlewa]

I'm looking for mostly a reliable engine that I would be daily driving roughly 40 miles a day round trip and something that I can take to the drag strip to race my friends for fun every once in awhile. I probably won't be getting into the 5500 rpm range a whole lot but when I want the power like on freeways I want it to be there. Also I head that anything over a 1776 you need a race transmission?

[Vanillagurilla]

[gt1953]

Find the best engine case you can with NO corroded anything on the case. Dual relief for sure.
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[volksworld]

way back when i first started doing this machine in 88's were the bulletproof size and 92's tended to crack the case...that prompted step boring the hole, welding a plate to the back of the block to reinforce it, factory cases with that area filled in( that are no longer available) and finally aluminum cases with the area filled in(which also have some other issues)....90.5's then became available and seem to be about the largest thing you can reliably use in a "normal" stock case...i have no experience with any of the "large top,small bottom" cyilnders currently available as they didnt exist when i was building my race engines...but i believe they are all chinese so....as far as your current case it depends on what shape its in when you get it apart...theoeretically a D serial number is a 40 hp case...but i currently have a car sitting here that is a dual relief 8mm stud late universal case and has a D serial number so maybe some rebuilder stamped it?....believe me you're a lot better off not basing a performance engine on a 40 year old block...back when they were 200 bucks it was a no brainer but now paying over 800 for one isnt easy

[Multi69s]

[1971superbeetlewa]

I probably won't be running the crap out of, I would like it to last for a few years. So I probably won't be taking it to the strip. I was looking at this kit http://www.mamotorworks.com/VW/product/1776cc-clas...age_300202
Do you guys think this is a good kit? I really appreciate all of your guys help!

[ashman40]

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