Engine Builds / Combos

[maui]

90dms x 94 squisies, as41 case, CB light lifters, FK87x1.4s, CBs ultras with 46x38s, 1.75in headers and 3in flowmaster, 48 IDAs with 42 vents with 10.5+1 compression and 165Mx195AxF7xF10-70idles, DUI ignition with MSD wires and 45 plug gap and 32 deg advance. Tranny is crown diff, racing axles, dual forged alum racing side plates, Weedle 3.75x2.36x1.56x1.09x4.12rp. With 215x65s DOTs with 30lbs air and no burnout required and does mid to low 12s all night. I drive all over cuz it is for street and run 200 degs at the high. Only thing is coming home at night I wake up the whole neighborhood cuz that thing is super loud.

[dmilla]

1776 Single Port Built By Brother's Machine Shop:
AS21 Case (fully machined)
040 Single Port Heads, Ported & Polished, 35x32 SS Valves,
Single High Rev Springs & Chromolly Retainers & Keepers
Engle 100 Cam & CB Lightweight Lifters
Silicone Bronze Lifter Sleeves Installed
Chromolly Pushrods
69mm CW Crank & Lightened Flywheel
Sand Sealed & CNC Scat Pulley
Mahle 90.5 P/C
8.0:1 Compression
Rebuilt Bosch 010 Distributor set at 30* at 3500rpms
All moving components were Dynamically Balanced
Kaddie Shack rebuilt carburetors & rebushed throttle bodies
Fuel Pressure Regulator set at 1.5psi
1 3/8" Header & Empi Hide Away Muffler (I had to cut & modify to fit)
(Stripped & Painted with Flat Black Ceramic High Temp Paint)
CB Thermostatically controlled external oil cooler & fan
All Tin, Industrial Shields, Thermostat, & Flaps installed
Modified FI Fan Shroud w/ Velocity Ring
(I decided to use the one I made that caused all the controversy from my other posts)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3...mp;start=0

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Experience is recognizing a mistake when you make it again...

[vugbug68]

good daily driver combo:
1956cc
76 CB crank
90.5 Mahle B pistons
CB 5.5" rods
DRD 40x35 heads 55cc, single heavy springs
CB 2241 cam (110 with less lift and more duration)
1.25 rockers on CB solid shafts
manton chromoly pushrods
1.5" CB merged header with single quiet pack
44 IDF webers, match ported manifolds, CSP linkage
Bosch 019 with points, German blue coil, German bosch wires, NGK plugs
German doghouse shroud and tin, full flowed, CB thin sump
Dynamic balance by CB

Very nice running engine, 40 idf's with 34 vents might be better for this engine, but loves to rev. I think the power band is perfect for freeway cruising

Put 5000 miles on it in my 68 bug,
its now in my 71 super which is driven almost daily.
I like it much better with the 3.88 diff in the super

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71 Super - Backroad Thrasher
66 Corvair - Weekend Cruiser
90 4 Runner - Muddin

[yamaducci]

2498 cc Turbo that I am currently rebuilding:
AS41 Case Lifter bores bushed by Brothers Machine
Porsche Piston Oil Squirters.
All moving parts "0" Balanced by Brothers Machine
Bob Hoover oiling mods on lower half to improve 1/2 side oiling
Web 86C on 112 Lobe centers and clearanced
Udo Becker Tool Steel Lifters
New Magnum Straight Cut Cam Gears
90mm full circle crank Wedgemated/8-Dowelled/1-7/8" Chromoly Nut
5.7 Eagle Rods
Long Cylinders Cut to length and honed to specific clearance
94mm Wiseco's Dished
"0" Deck height to top of cylinder.
.060 copper gasket
~8.0:1 CR
Competition Eliminators with 46x38 valves and reshaped combustion chambers
K800 Springs
Manton tapered Chromoly Pushrods
Bearings dry film coated
Bugpack Dry Sump system
BMD Dry Sump serpantine belt system with reduced size top pully (stock ratio)
1.4:1 Autocraft Needle bearing Roller Rocker arms
Rocker arm spray bars
MSD 6AL
CB 8-Injector Fuel Injection w/ 48mm throttle bodies (will likely switch to a 1 ECU/Coil on Plug Ignition option like Tec 3)
Turbo T04b35 with Blow off valve and wastegate
1 5/8 Header
Industrial Fan Shroud (no dog house or fresh air)
Welded fan (Currently developing wider carbon fiber fan)
Remote oil radiator and fan
Brad Penn Oil
Considering Ceramic heat dissipation coating on heads

Rancho Built Early IRS Transmission:
Regeared with All Weddles will update with 1-4 ratios
3.88:1 Ring and Pinion
1st =
2nd =
3rd =
4th = .89
Quaife Limited Slip Torque Biasing Differential
930 Porsche CV's and Axles
Hydraulic clutch
Stage III/ 3000Lb Clutch
Copper Head disk
LAT Oil
26" Tall 355 Street tires
28x10.5 Slicks
Wheelie bars = YES
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-John Cox
My 2498 Turbo Re-Build Thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5578697#5578697

3rd Brake Light Safety Stars- I still have a couple with blue light left. Email me if interested.

[AlteWagen]

Slips were in a full weight 1960 ragtop on 15 year old 165s.

Trans: 4.37 stock gears
Traction bar
Camber compensator
Limiting straps
Stock shocks
Mid mount
Rear strap with stock HD mounts

AS41 case
043 heads with hi rev springs stock ports
9:1 compression zero deck
forged 85.5 p&c
74mm crank
stroker VW I beam rods
engle 110 cam with german lifters
dual weber 44 IDFs 36vents 50/135/200 jets
S&S 1 1/2 merged header with 2 1/2 inch Super44 flowmaster muffler
lightened flywheel
Solid shaft rockers
chromoly pushrods
Bosch 019

Here is are the time slips:

1st run
Reaction time: .556
60': 2.387
330': 6.815
1/8 mile: 10.610
MPH: 64.63
1000': 13.919
1/4 mile: 16.810
MPH: 77.01
tire pressure rear was 22lbs


2nd run
Reaction time: .528
60': 2.538
330': 6.971
1/8 mile: 10.721
MPH: 65.09
1000': 14.045
1/4 mile: 16.953
MPH: 76.69
tire pressure rear were 20lbs

Its been a fun daily driver in my bus for the last few years. It now runs dual ICTs, 1 3/8 extractor with hide away, and gets over 30mpg unloaded and 25 with 1500-2000 pounds of cargo. much more calm but I do miss power the 44s or 36s I originally ran and the sound of the S&S merged exhaust!

Same car, trans, exhaust as on the 1699. New tires since the old ones were too dry rotted to run. In the first pass I lost top end due to emptied float bowl. After the run I adjusted the bowl level and made the second pass. HP calculator stated 53.11, pretty weak!! At rebuild time the heads will get the step cut out to bump the compression to usable levels.

Engine specs.
New AS41 mexican block
New 043 mexican heads stock valves with step
Stock cast brazil 69mm crank
Stock cast 85.5 p&c
Engle 100 cam
6.6:1 compression
009 dist
full weight flywheel
36mm dual dellortos
1.5 inch merged S&S header
Phat Boy type muffler with Flowmaster Super44

1st run overcast day temps in upper 70s
reaction: .723
60': 2.510
330:7.135
1/8th:11.510
MPH: 57.57
1000':15.596
1/4:19.523
MPH:53.85

2nd run still over cast temps in lower 80s
reaction: .558
60': 2.35
330:7.090
1/8th:11.213
MPH: 59.17
1000':14.936
1/4:18.235
MPH:67.27

[AlteWagen]

[AlteWagen]

Similar thread with more great data


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=423280

[vugbug68]

[modok]

I feel guilty not posting a dyno graph, but on the other hand I might as well since I often talk about this engine and it makes sense to list the whole thing here.

2007cc
half worn out as-41 case with a welded pickup extension and tunacan sump, surfaced approx .040 to get deck height correct
regular old mahle 90.5 kit rehoned with grant rings
78 dpr crossdrilled welded crank, stock flywheel 8 doweled and balanced together, KS bearings
VW rods rebuilt by me, .003 rod bearing clearance

stock cam gear with a groove cut in it
web 110/163 cam on 105LC, 4 degree advance, cb lifters with the loose pushrod cups shimmed and locktited in place
STOCK pushrods
lightened stock rockers on solid shimmed stock shafts with porsche swivel adjusters

The heads are 311 castings I did myself
used 40x35.5 bugpack valves I was given for free out of a certain turbo hillclimb motor that "ran lean" and they replaced the valves as precaution. I no worry
PEP seats and guides, intake seats are the old Gene berg style tapered ID.
intake ports are slick but small, only 57cc, chambers are 56cc if I remember right or whatever it was to get 9-1 cr with .060 deck
Oval wire beehive springs from SBI, stock from a certain year 4cyl s-10, 240LB open with .070 to bind, used ford retainers machined to fit the springs, filed keepers

CB big beef tall intakes with thin gaskets and flanged nuts and 1/4 phenolic spacers under carbs
40 IDF carbs, 32 vents. 140 main 220 air f-15 tubes, 3" stacks built into airfilters. ballbearing crossbar linkage

tri-y header, 1 1/2 primaries x 32 long, 1 3/4 X 16 long secondaries, 2.25 collector into flo-pro muffler

STEEL pulleys and vw doghouse shroud with doghouse and heater passages removed, skinny fan, and a GENERATOR, Ugly external oil cooler
recurved mexican 009 with petronix 2 and ford TFI coil

This combo is how I like it, starts to tune in at 3300 rpm, max torque near 4000-4500, falls off just short of 6000. very happy at 3300-4000 rpm

NOW, in addition to the way it is now, I tried a few other things on it over the years.............
I tried short intakes, smaller diameter intakes, regular ones, and tall intakes
Dells and Webers with 32 and 34 vents
8.3-1cr, 8.5-1cr, 9-1 cr, 9.7-1 cr
sing grooves(didn't do jack)
044 heads with big ports (too big)
2241 cam then engle 120 cam, tried advanced and retarded, also 1.25 rockers
and of course........... at least 20 different headers and muffler combos

The peak power does not matter to me as much as running cool, running smooth with minimum lifter noises, working at 6000ft+ altitude(a tricky subject in itself) being a ball to drive with the stock trans, and not having to worry about hurting it.
Don't know what else to try besides building it bigger, or let RC talk me into a FK cam, oh well it's fine how it is.

[Davcriv]

1914cc aluminum bubble top case
94mm mahle/cima piston cylinders
CB super race rods
Engel W120 cam
CB 30mm lightwieght racing lifters
DPR counterwieghted crank
1.25 rockers
chromoly pushrods
Steve Tims stage 2 heads 42 x 37
dual 45 DRLA dells
10mm case studs with case savers
Pertronix billet distributor
CB straight cut cam gears
compression 9.0:1
case work done to open up oil passages to right side of case
MSD 6AL
Remote oil radiator and fan
200mm flywheel lightened

Rancho built PROstreet tranny

[craigman]

Awsome thread!
Anyone have any type 4 combos to post?

[Arnolds64]

2017 - 78x90.5
Crank - CB Nitrided 4340
Eagle Knock off 5.5 H Beam Rods
Engle 130 Cam
043 40x35 heads ported by me.
Dual 44 Webers
1.5 Sump
26mm Schadek Pump
1.5 Berg Merged with heat header and Dynomax Fat boy muffler

It has 9.8.1 Compression. Runs cool and is very linear in it power. This Refutes all the Nay Sayers about running a 300+ duration cam on the street. The Webers are jetted - 55 idles, 155 Mains, F11 Tubes and 200 Airs. It has plenty of torque without having to rev it a lot to get it going from a stand still. It is very smooth actually. It also revs very well. I can go as high as Shifting out of 2nd very easily at the III ( Stock 3rd Gear shift point) on the speedo. Strong to to 7000 rpm. The heads I did myself. Had them Fly Cut .060 to get them down to 52CC from 60CC. Opened the Intakes and D Ported them left them them somewhat rough for fuel tumble or atomization and he Exhaust glass smooth and open them up too.
Make sure when you replace Carbs and Carb Manifolds to use new Gaskets. Chased a rough running carb for about a month. I found out you can't reuse them to many times. LOL! Thought I had a bad carb and bought another and found that it did the same thing and this clued me in. So I have a 44 IDF for sale - 250.00
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64 Bug, White, 2017, Dual Weber 44's, Engle 130/Engle lifters, Home P&P'd 40X35 heads, CB 4340 nitrided crank, Eagle knock off H Beam 5.5" rods, Lowering Beam, Rancho Trans, Traction Bar. 225X60's rear, 145's front on Porsche Chrome Nipple Wheels.

[vugbug68]

so why did you go with the 130 cam and not 42x37 heads? I've only seen a handfull of engines with the 130 and most were 2332's with huge heads.

sounds like a fun engine though, 1.1 rockers right?
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71 Super - Backroad Thrasher
66 Corvair - Weekend Cruiser
90 4 Runner - Muddin

[thom.1]

spoke with my longtime mechanic greg at tuttlesvwparts.com about your set up. said he would recommend it for my latest project. thanks for the post.

[agggilli]

So here is my 2110 combination:

New AS41 case with Brothers sleeved lifter bores-full flow- sand seal
BVW 4340 Counter-weighted Crankshaft
BVW 4140 I-beam 5.4" rods w/3/8" ARP
BVW Lightened Chromolly flywheel
Balanced reciprocating assembly
Mahle STD Main, rod and cam bearings
Bug Pack straight cut steel timing gears
CB Ultralight lifters
Engle FK-43 Camshaft
Scat 1.4 rockers with lash caps
Gene Berg Chromolly pushrods
CB Tapered pushrod tubes
Gene Berg 26mm oring Oil Pump
Welded pump pickup extension
Gene Berg 3.5 oil sump
Gene Berg- Tru-arc wrist pin retainers
Gene Berg Full Flow remote filter and pump cover
Mahle 90.5 Pistons and cylinders
Bosch 009 distributor
Steve Timms Stage 2 - 42x37 heads with dual springs
Port matched CB manifolds
Dual Spanish Weber 44 IDF's- 200 airs, 155 mains, 55 idles
Bosch wires- NGK plugs
Stock German shroud w/all stock tins, sleds, thermostat and flaps.
Industrial shields
A1 Sidewinder 1 5/8" exhaust
75 amp alternator
Welded and balanced wide fan, new doghouse cooler
BMD serpentine system (adding AC later- serpentine drive will make it easier) taking my chances with the fan
Mr. Gasket Electric Fuel pump- regulated to 3 psi
Kennedy Stage 1 clutch- Sachs bearing

I'm hoping to get 150 - 160 HP from this combination.

[marko0610]

I am hoping that i can get the right information to finish our 2332.....it is a new case ,new 84mm counterweighted crank with chevy rod journals,new H-beam rods, 94mm Mahle pistons,Engle W-120 cam,1:3 Pauter Roller Rockers and 48 Webers and all balanced rotary assembly ........now my question is as follows we have 3 sets of heads at our disposal starting with a set of CB Street Eliminators, a set of SuperFlows, and finally a set of welded up 043's they all yeild a 58CC combustion chambers so that will bring us to our 9.5:1 compression ratio ........now what we are looking for is the best set of heads that will compliment our combination and yeild us a healthy 180-190 reliable horsepower ................the bottom end was built by POWERHAUS so i am assuming that it should be built very well and be reliable, the only thing left is the heads which we opted not to buy their 044 heads and use one of the sets we have available to us for free...remember free is free so PLS help us with the right choice......CB STREET ELIMINATOR/SUPER FLOW/ OR 043'S WELDED AND PORTED ....PLS KEEP IN MIND ALL THE HEADS ARE P&P
THANK YOU

[yamaducci]

[neil68]

2332 cc:
OEM Brazilian Magnesium case
CB 84 mm forged chromoly Chinese crank
CB 5.5" H-beam chromoly Chinese rods/Buick journals
Italian Weber IDA's with 42 mm vents (Jaycee prepped)
Stock Fuel Pump and gas lines
Web 86C
CB straight cut cam gears
Scat 1.4 rocker arms
Manton pushrods
Bugpack lightweight lifters
JPM heads (10 cooling fins) prepped by K-Roc
Bugpack 1.75" header
A1 Magnaflow 2.5" muffler
Berg 26 mm o-ringed Schadek oil pump
Berg 3.5 quart oil sump
OEM FI doghouse cooling system
Santana vintage aluminum pulley
MSD 6AL, distributor, coil and leads
10.6:1 CR (91 octane at 3,600 ft/94 octane sea level)

Stock '68 Beetle, 1805 lb, L620 Savanna Beige
Rancho tranny: super diff, etc.
Berg shifter
SAW short axles ('66 length)
Original EMPI Sprintstars 5.5"/4.5"
OEM stock Z-bar
'69 Bus snubbers
2.5" CB dropped spindles
180.4 HP at the wheels

Best ET 12.812 seconds at 104.02 MPH on drag radials (no burnout)

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Neil.

Der Kleiner Rennwagens
68 Beetle 2332 cc, 204 WHP
12.5 seconds @ 107 mph
Dynojet Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9B_H3eklAo

[spencerfvee]

hi neil .nice motor great job super nice looking bug . great ET times . i see you did not do a burn out . i dont know if you do burn outs or not . i have found out over the years of raceing vws for me burn outs make no differnts on my ET times . if i do a burn out my ET is the same as if i did not do a burn out . if a vw is set up right there is no need for a burn out . i stay out of the water all drag strips now adays put down a lot of VHT . down on the starting line . i allways leave the starting line with the frount wheels in the air . i feal that doing burn outs allways shortens the motors life and is hard on the drive train .i know guys love to do burn outs like the big boys do with there frount motor race cars lol and if burn outs are your thing go for it . just my two cents on burn outs spencerfvee................................................................................................................................................................................................

[jfats808]

Sorry they closed our track for the mean time. I use Old Kunia road as my testing grounds. It has a slight slalom. I did 3rd gear 115mph @5500 rpms right before I reached the last light. Felt about a quartermile, I will measure it later. My engine peaks out at around 8200rpms. I could Dyno it but I chose not to care. Makes it more mysterious like.

2276 Scat Kit, balanced internals, Brazil AS 41 case , 9.3 CR
Scat 82 forged crank
Scat 5.4" H beams
Scat Lube a lobes ( yikes I know) . Next tear down cb 2pc lightwts
Engle FK8 cam, Scat straight cuts, advanced 1 degree @ the gear. Next tear down 86c.
Scat Pro comp true 1.4s
30mm Melling FF, stock oil cooler, FF set up and 72 pass elec fan cooler
Mahle 94s P/C
44x37.5 Scat wedge ports done up by DRD
Manton pushrods
All stock tins, aftermarket however
IDAs 3rd progression drilled, 63/168ish/200 F7 40vents ( hand drilled by me)
Bugpack 1 5/8" w/ Mondo fatboy
13lb Scat flywheel, kennedy stage 1, Kush lock
3.88 R/P w/ all the superstreet usual goodies, stock thru 3rd w/ .082 4th
010 dist
Facet Red label
Castrol 10w-30 w/ zddpplus
Empi 3.5qt sump

I did a around island drive to seat my rings, a little over 100 miles and never spiked hotter than 195F. Oahu is only 44 miles long and 30 miles across w/ over million people living on this island alone. OMG.

After snapping this picture a year and some ago, I realized and reindexed my dist pinion so the badge was centered...