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Shuggie3
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Joined: February 25, 2021
Posts: 7
Location: England, United Kingdom
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 Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:37 am Post subject: I'm new to beetles... Any tips or advice greatly appreciated |
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I'm new to beetles, ive bought a 1971 1200cc, and was told this is the forum to come to. I'm thinking of putting a better cam in it, something like an engle 100, and maybe dual carbs. I was wondering if anyone knew if the cam alone would make any noticable difference to the performance of the engine, or is it not really worth the time?
Any tips/advice about this or anything beetle related would be appreciated!
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anthracitedub
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Joined: June 20, 2007
Posts: 3241
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:12 am Post subject: Re: I'm new to beetles... Any tips or advice greatly appreciated |
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| Read up on 1200 builds in this forum.... there’s plenty you can do to the 1200 to gain some more power. A cam swap on its own won’t yield much difference at all. |
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TinCanFab
Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2006
Posts: 2743
Location: Waterford, California
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:54 am Post subject: Re: I'm new to beetles... Any tips or advice greatly appreciated |
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| Shuggie3 wrote: |
I'm new to beetles, ive bought a 1971 1200cc, and was told this is the forum to come to. I'm thinking of putting a better cam in it, something like an engle 100, and maybe dual carbs. I was wondering if anyone knew if the cam alone would make any noticable difference to the performance of the engine, or is it not really worth the time?
Any tips/advice about this or anything beetle related would be appreciated!
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Dual carbs, header, small cam. Do all 3, any performance upgrades to the heads would be a big plus. I see you are in the UK, I'm not sure if you know that most people posting about a 1200 in the US are going to call it a "40 horse" or "40 hp". Also, if you see threads talking about the "bastard" 40hp, this is the first version of this engine used in the Bus. That info won't apply to a regular 1200.
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