I'd like to thank Andy Erskine and MIke Catlin for their responses to my post looking for a 1600cc Vanagon engine case. The 1600cc engine, coded "CT," was offered in Europe in the early 1980's as an "economy" engine. It shares most internal components with the Type I/II/III engine, but has a Type IV style cooling system to accomodate the Vanagon engine compartment. What makes the "CT" engine case unique is the cast-in provision for an oil filter. (Look in the Haynes manual for air-cooled Vanagons to see what I'm talking about.) All I was looking for was a rebuildable engine case, as the crank, rods, pistons, cylinders, heads, etc. are readily available. My idea was to use the case to build an otherwise standard Beetle-style engine for my Beetle, with a unique oil filtration system. *Yes, I know that new Universal cases are easy to obtain! *Yes, I know there are entirely satisfactory ways to add oil filtration to Type I/II/III engines. (Gene Berg, etc.) Thanks to contacts supplied by Mike Catlin, I have indeed found sources for rebuildable "CT" engine cases in the UK. BUT- I probably won't be buying one. The problem is that the CT case has cast-in bosses for the Type 4-style fan housing. These would prohibit mounting the standard Beetle engine sheet metal. Probably not insurmountable, but not worth it to me. Anyway, thanks again to Andy and Mike for the information. Happy Motoring! '69 VW Beetle '87 VW GTI '88 VW Vanagon
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