Date:         Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:01:02 +0001 (EST)
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From:         Doug Shapter <dps@kafka.atinc.com>
Subject:      Re: motor swapping

On Tue, 3 Jan 1995, Chris Schalick wrote:

> 
> 
> a la David Schwarze:
 .... 
> Would I need, say, a garage full of large red tool chests and heavy
> equipment to pull this off or is this something that is more or less part 
> replacement?  
> 
> I've never dropped the engine in a bus (or actually anything larger than my
> lawn mower), so I am speaking from my wealth of inexperience here, but I 
> thought there was some machining involved in the big bore beefups.
> 

I believe you can use up to 88 mm pistons on a stock case without 
machining. I forget the dimensions, I know the 87 mm slipins give you a 
1641 cc engine.

Buy John Muirs book. Now. There is also a book called "How to Hot-Rod a 
VW engine" or some such thing. Others on the list are so together they 
can probably supply you the ISBN number...

Doug Shapter                
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