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Title: BMVW. /2 with a Volkswagen 1600 Engine
Post by: wmax351 on July 05, 2012, 05:19:30 AM

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/mcy/3118092775.html (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/mcy/3118092775.html)

Pretty cool.

Title: Re: BMVW. /2 with a Volkswagen 1600 Engine
Post by: Photog on July 05, 2012, 06:20:37 AM

Interesting.
I guess it's due to all the shrouding that VW included, but those engines certainly don't look that small when they're installed in 1973 VW's.

Title: Re: BMVW. /2 with a Volkswagen 1600 Engine
Post by: billday on July 05, 2012, 08:01:47 AM

Kind of like an air-cooled Gold Wing. Speaking of cooling, does the VW motor cool itself adequately using just the breeze? Mounted in the car it had a fan, no?

Title: Re: BMVW. /2 with a Volkswagen 1600 Engine
Post by: Lawrence on July 05, 2012, 11:49:54 AM

I do recall a number of these customs back in the day, so I suppose they were feasible riders on a daily basis.  One curious thing jumps out at me, though.  Why would the builder put a side-draft carburettor on a head that clearly wants a down-draft carb?  Very odd looking set-up, and it can't perform very well with that 90 degree bend in the intake tract.

Title: Re: BMVW. /2 with a Volkswagen 1600 Engine
Post by: argent brick on July 18, 2012, 11:07:53 PM

Back when I had my r60, I went up against a guy that dropped a bug motor in his. Not even close. All I saw was taillight. Hey, I was young.