Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:24:02 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: VW inline four-bangers
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Been done lots.
if you are doing the 50 degree tilted over diesel vanagon style engine
installation.......
some adapter needs to be made - carb to intake manifold.
personally, 'I wouldn't'...........EFI is infenitely superior to carbs, and
once dialed in, and understood of course.......works excellently.
if you want fuel milage - seems that it would have to be EFI to me.
there was once, a long, long time ago - 60's I believe..........and electric
supercharger or fan blower system , a retrofit device.
you need to be careful as blowing down a carb throat can really confuse
things, unless you engineer completely from the start for that.
fwiw..........when cars used carbs..........back then...........for turbo
applications it's whether you draw air through the carb, then pressurize it,
or if you blow pressurized air through a carb............throttle shaft
seals become a problem or issues....
or they would even encase the whole carb in a box.
but I am sure you are on top of all that !
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 1:43 PM
Subject: VW inline four-bangers
> Good Volks,
>
> Are there any of the VW four bangers that are commonly put into a
> Vanagon that ever came stock with a carburetor on them?
>
> Or for that matter, are there any inline four bangers in ANY model VW
> that you are are aware of that came with a carburetor mounted on the
> engine? The later the model the better. And with a Webber carb would be
> better still.
>
> Has anyone installed an inline four into a Vanagon and put a carburetor
> on it?
>
> I have been chasing the Omni with the 1700 cc VW/Chrysler engine but it
> looks like I'm at a dead end. Need to find something else with a
> carbureted VW inline four in it.
>
> I am chasing a fuel mileage increase, and want to stick with that type
> engine on the prototype. I'm testing different fuel delivery
> configurations for specific fuel consumption - which really has nothing
> to do with miles per gallon per se, because of all the variables, like
> gearing, vehicle weight, speed, etc, etc. I want to settle on one
> engine, then work the heck out of it and generate some performance
> numbers. You see, I have gone into a partnership on a special blower
> system that should eventually increase our Vanagon MPG. I provide the
> specially designed, engineered and constructed dual squirrel cage
> blower...............
>
>
> and the two squirrels do the rest ...... ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
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