Picked up new motor

Impressive looking place.  Suggests attention to detail.

exactly!

 

hundreds of builds with no failures, that's why I went with them

Good luck Will.  Let us know when it's done and maybe a few of us from the Central Valley and some others close to you will venture out your way for a day of driving.  The weather is still holding strong. Troy, Teby, and I went out for a 100 miler today and the weather was very cool in the morning and a little warm by the time we finished.  Warm but not unbearable.

Robert, that would be great and I hope we can do that. I don't know how much longer this good weather will last, hopefully till Whitecloud is running!

 

Great news, Will.

 

Don't forget to take the plastic wrap off before you drive it.

 

 

 

I'd recommend leaving the plastic wrap on for better insulation and oil cooling.

What were the final specs, Will?

Sure wish we had a quality vintage VW shop here in NoCo...heck even a decent VW mechanic would do. There just aren't any around here.

 

Maybe that's why there are so few Speedsters around here and very few Bugs or Busses...This is really muscle car and 4x4 country, shops/mechanics galore abound here.

There's a BUNCH near Boulder......Have you googled "VW Mechanics near Boulder" (or where-ever you live)??

Al, it is built in/on a bubble-case which had oil galleys opened-up/ported/smoothed with a forged/counterweighted 82mm stroker, H-beam (Chevy journals) rods connected to AA 90.5 pistons. Has a Scat cam (not sure the lift/duration) and Scat 1:25 lifters pushed by chromoly pushrods. I'm re-using my billet Pertronics distributor and if it doesn't work well will put in a SVDA. Breathes through twin 44 IDF Webers and a Vintage Speed stainless 1 1/2" exhaust coupled to 1 1/2" flanged heater-boxes. The heads are un-ported 40mm x 35mm valved with peanut spark-plugs and plenty of room between the valve seats. Oil is cooled using a 36 HP doghouse cooler enlarged to fit a Type ll 7 row cooler coupled with a streamline deep sump, remote cooler/fan/thermostat and remote filter. The oil pump is a 30mm steel-body and the full-flow with pressure-relief cover is from a guy in the UK (picture below). I'm using the low scissor-linkage so I can hang a faux-356 orange oil canister/filter (bypass) and the ubiquitous Bosch blue coil on the fan-shroud housing. I'm working out which breather-box to use which will be vented from the aluminum valve covers.

 

Sorry if that's TMI, that's all I can think of...probably remember more later...damned old-timers disease!

 

 

See, that's just what this whole motor-thing has been like...one guys says aluminum case, the other...magnesium.

 

One guy Kadrons, the other...Webers.

 

One says use the stock oil pump, the other...nothing but giant geared pump

 

eenie meenie miny moe...what the hell way should I go?

 

well, it's a mute point, I've already gone against 1/2 of the advise I received and used the other 1/2 of the advise I received...

 

I guess I'm...half-full...or...half-right...or...half-crazy!

Hang around us long enough and there won't be any "half" to your "crazy". 

Will, you know I was joking...right?  You could leave the plastic wrap on if you really like the smell of burning plastic.

I hear it smells like napalm in the morning.

 

 

 

Will, your original engine may not have been a stellar example of the engine builder's art, but it may still have some value.

 

Why not have Kirk type up a letter of authenticity with your engine case and VIN numbers?

 

That way, if you ever decide to sell the car, you could throw in whatever's left of the old block, and some PCA weenie is sure to offer you twice what the car is worth.

 

 

 

 

GR;

 

There is a pretty active SOCer, located  near Laporte, CO. A little northwest from you, I know.  He's an all round good guy, Cole Thompson. He might have suggestions.

 

Art

Mitch, I'm going to put the Kadrons w/air cleaners and intakes on the Samba along with whatever else I think someone will pay for.

Try Vee W Unlimited in Loveland. Dick and Pat are great! Pat is a bus guy and really has taken care of my VS. I recommend.

Cole, thank you for the tip. I'll check them out.