VW or Porsche engine?

[VJL]

Someone saw my 77 beetle and said it had a Porsche engine and not a VW engine it does no have a serial # below the generator stand.

What is the surest way to tell?

[TDCTDI]

Welcome to The Samba!


Everyone you meet knows someone that has or has put a Porsche engine in their VW.

Very few actually exist.

Some of the VWs had engines similar to a few Porsche models, most commonly, the 1972 & up Bus had the Type IV engine that was used with some internal differences in the 914.
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[Erik G]

take a pic of it, post it here
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[Q-Dog]

Post some pictures.

It seems most people I meet, "had an uncle that used to have one of those, but his had a Porsche engine in it." After hearing so many of these stories I figure eventually I'll actually see one of these cars in person.
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'69 Dune Buggy
'69 Beetle Convertible
'70 Beetle

[Glenn]

Most people are clueless.

If the base of the generator stand is level, it's a VW, if it's angled its a Porsche.

VW

Porsche

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[Mark Evans]

Unless it's a type 4 Porsche engine...
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'63 Ragtop

[Glenn]

[my59]

Friend has a late 50's 356, I ask about his VW engine whenever I see him in it.
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my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget.

[nelson845]

Unless its a 914-6 model, all 914's had a vw type 4 engine.

[hitest]

My goofy theory- yours still has all the Fuel Injection plumbing and such. Some folks might think that's way too complex to be a VW engine.

Or worse, the 'someone' is the seller- and he just frosted a noob.
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[oprn]

And don't forget the Porsche 912 had a VW engine in it too just like the 914!

[Helfen]

The Very first Porsches used the two piece VW case before they designed their own three piece case, along with beams, and brakes, wheels etc..

The type 4 engine was a joint engine design between the VW group and Porsche as the 914 also was. Type 4 engine was first used in 1968. The engine first used in the type 4 or 411 in 1968 in Europe, refined later for the 412. The 1.7 & 2.0 was used in the 914 Porsche in the U.S. only. In Europe they were badged as VW's. In Germany the 914-6 was the only car badged as a Porsche and used the small 911 engine.

With the demise of the 914 and to fill a marketing gap, Porsche made a one year only release of the 912 in 1976 called the 912E. This 9 series Porsche used the Type 4 engine, the "E" means Einspritzer or fuel injection.

[Mark Evans]

[Glenn]

[raygreenwood]

[Glenn]

Ray, I knew the Bus engine had a number if different parts but dudn't know the 411/412 was identical. The 914 has sodium exhaust valves, did the 411/412 also have them?
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[Glenn]

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