1965 Ghia Coupe dual carb and power solution

[james m. stein]

After much research and reading this forum I decided on a practical solution to upgrade my 40HP. I selected a stock 1600cc dual port, 6 volt flywheel, dual Kadron 40's, vintage Fram oil cannister and an early 356 flip top oil filler. My goal was a reliable, low stressed motor with a vintage look. I hope to have my oil lines and fitting done this week.

[henry roberts]

thats an excellent start. a few things that i would also do to "take it back in time" a little further would be rebuild the original fuel pump from your 40hp (if you still have it) and swap it over when this one dies. paint the aircleaners silver and make up mesh covers to hide the modern filter element and swap over to a 010/019 etc distributor. also if you have a spare early dip stick i'd swap it over (as long as the markings match or you remark it)

[james m. stein]

Thanks. I have the wire mesh ready for the air cleaners and I did paint the air cleaner housings and the manifolds the color Mr. Okrasa advised. Good Idea about the fuel pump; I will get on it pronto.

[greasemagnet]

Q? How are you going to clear the engine cover springs with the Twin carbs fitted. Don't they clash?

[james m. stein]

I had that concern. Joel Fluid from Aircooled Renovation suggested the shorter K&N filters that are shown will clear the springs. Also these filters are not symmetric. I will remove the carbs and manifolds for the installation.

[Komissar]

For the vintage look, would sugest a 36HP styled fan shroud (of course,if you drive the car only in warm weather )

Like this one from the gallery:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=528555

it can be found new, at various dealers , or of coure, an used one from thesamba, or swap meets, and so on...
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[james m. stein]

Here is the mesh on the filters and the dip stick from the 40HP. I agree about your comment on the fan shroud. But Joel Fluit from Aircooled Renovations was sure there would be a cooling advantage and that is my primary concern.

[Rome]

Nice job! Definitely keep your fresh air shroud; a '65 40hp engine had that anyway. Make sure you use the black foil air hoses and factory original narrow clamps. You'll be using BLACK spark plug wires, not some garish colored silicone ones, right? On a Porsche 356 parts website like Zim's you can look for some repro air cleaner decals to apply to the top of your units. Also look for 6V repro coil decals...

Maybe a nice 5-hole Santana degree pulley with individual degree markings on black?

[james m. stein]

Yes, I will go with the correct black plug wires and have a nice set of Fram stickers for the cannister. Bosch coil stickers are in red and yellow are tough to source right now. I will leave the air cleaners as is. Thanks, Jim