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RE: Newbie to list with questions

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Newbie to list with questions
From: "lonestar" <lonestar@cmc.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:44:21 -0700
On 29 Jun 2004 at 8:53, Andy Cost wrote:

> My brother has a type 3 VW and gets annoyed when I call all air cooled boxer
 motors the same. 

Not to belabor the point, but your brother's correct: not all VW 
engines are the same. And your analogy to small block Chevrolet 
engines hits a snag when, in Volkswagen-dom, you hit the Type IV. You 
might still draw the comparison if Chevrolet introduced a similar 
looking V8 but with a completely different block/head configuration.

Type I (bug), Type II (bus) and Type III (fast/squareback) engines 
were quite similar over the years from the 1200cc through 1600cc 
engines. Type I and II engines were interchangable, regardless of 
displacement and intake port configuration. Minor sheetmetal 
differences over the years, culminating in the 1600 'upright' with 
the doghouse oil cooler. Type IIIs had very similar case/head 
components but with much different sheetmetal. Type III's major 
change was the advent of Bosch fuel injection. Type IVs, 914-4s and 
'72-on Type IIs used a common engine which was totally different from 
the I/II/III engines.

After that, I divorced Volkswagens. I got tired of valve adjustments 
and frosty windows. Now you know more about VWs than you ever wanted 
to know.... and more than I care to remember. LOL

-- lonestar






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