What T-1 engine -1948 to end, is most reliable & last longest

[nvrgvupjw]

[nextgen]

The early engines were built like they had a governer on the engine with the tiny carbs and manifolds and pea shooter exhaust and muffler systems.

Made to last with pedal to the metal all day.
_________________
email: [email protected]
The TYPE IV UPRIGHT CONVERSION MANUAL
BEETLE MAGNETIC DEFLECTOR SHIELDS
LETS TALK DUBS https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=joe+cali+ghia https://letstalkdubs.libsyn.com/ep-200-joe-cali-ty...qI3xJTCzjs

[spencerfvee]

[FarmerBill]

I always run the highest octane i can get in my air-cooleds. Fortunately I live in an area where I can get 93 octane anywhere, higher at some stations. Better gas does certainly help an air-cooled engine live longer. Here's an article from a couple years back about the auto industry lobbying to get 95 octane rated as the new regular.

https://www.autonews.com/article/20180417/BLOG06/1...ew-regular

[Danwvw]

I Rebuilt a 59 Beatle 36 Horse once, It went about 55000 before spinning a rod bearing.
My 71 Bus went about 25K with a pretty much stock 1600, it was still running but the case had hammered out both the thrust and the mains, the crankshaft was worn on the mains, and one of the rods was into the copper of its bearings. The rebuild was with Thick Wall 88mm cylinders and H beam rods and balanced and matched clutch and flywheel and balanced and matched Counter Weighted 74mm Crankshaft, fully 14mm inserted 10mm studs with Full Flow oiling and a Filter and a Webcam 163 with Dual 36mm Dells. It's still going with 25K and has good endplay.
_________________
1960 Beetle And 1679cc DP W-100 & Dual Zeniths!

[Xevin]

I like hearing about how many miles people have put on a type1 engine and how they’ve maintained them. Real life experience.

This is my buddy’s 59 double door panel van. He drives it daily in hilly Oregon. We’ve crossed over many mountain passes over the years camping.
Sunday as we headed back home the engine finally seized after possibly 240,000 miles.

The engine being used is from his 73 Ghia all stock US spec and he suspects original from VW. He ran it in his Ghia for many years and the engine had 90k miles when he bought the Ghia. We don’t know how accurate that is. He knows he’s put 150,000k miles. So we know at a minimum it lived many many miles. My buddy is an engine builder. He also works for a VW restoration outfit for a living.
He had a feeling this was going to happen this year but out of curiosity he wanted to see how long the unicorn would go. Thankfully he broke down 98 miles from home at put that AAA to use. For the record, he loves a stock 1600 single port set up. He may go big for the new engine for fun. Because he’s never made a big engine from himself. He hasn’t made up his mind yet.
_________________
Keep on Busin'

[67rustavenger]

^^^^ Bummer!

Hopefully he has an engine in the wings to get the bus back on the road for the summer camping season.

Send him my condolences. I should have gone on that trip. But family takes precedence over camping with friends.
_________________
I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[Xevin]

[Xevin]

Then you have Robbie of Airschooled. He crosses the country a few times a year in a 1969 tin top camper loaded with tools. The engine used in this photo is a 1600sp that he built. Only issue it had was a failed Brazilian lifter around 60k miles. A known issue with that particular lifter.
With the good fortune of friends with parts in Colorado, he was back on the road in a couple days. He got 90,000 miles before he replaced that engine. I believe current 1600sp has about 60k miles.

I believe he’s done Pikes Peak twice