Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (January 1995)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         3 Jan 95 10:49
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         L.S.Griffiths@physics.salford.ac.uk
Subject:      Re: Hi all - big motor talk

     Hi Chris,

     
>Hi everybody, I've got a '69 Camper that I was thinkin about 
>dropping a bigger motor in.  Are there bigger beasties that 
>might plug right in?  Anybody ever tried it?

     

     
Well now, you could go two ways here. Either stick in a big-bore (1835cc) Type I
motor with dual-port heads, twin carbs, a mild cam, a larger oil pump, a 
external supplement oil cooler, a lightened flywheel, and a CrMoly balanced 
crank. That's give you about 100bhp. Or you could get hold of an 1800 Type IV 
motor from a 412 GL and stick that in - thats got about 85 bhp stock as I 
remember, the only trouble being that you loose the rear removable section under
the engine lid. But be aware also that the Type IV motor is expensive to repair!


Lee


'64 Samba
'78 FIAT


http://146.87.136.48/homepage.html
L.S.Griffiths@Physics.Salford.ac.uk
Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.