CikanVuz wrote:
In the meantime, I am going to find the workings of a torque motor to put in my spare case cos I am pretty sure the PO just put a "bug" engine in it.
Thank you
Can you explain the "torque motor" versus the "just a bug" engine?
The Great Aftermarket Air-Cooled Marketing Machine, INC. has entreated all of us to consider the
more power angle only so far as their specific contribution. The actual execution of more power has to be mightily comprehensive.
If you have more power, you need more cooling.
If you have a "performance exhaust" you kinda need a performance intake/cam.
If you have a performance exhaust/intake/cam, well, you should have an eight dowel flywheel.
If you want to take advantage of a more powerful engine, you should think of a change in gear ratios.
The 1970 "bug" engine is exactly the same engine as the "bus" engine from 1968-1970, and they both had the same dual port engine in 1971. The only detail difference that counts, is that the engines installed in the bus had mounting bosses for the rear carrier. It is good to have the factory mounting bosses.
If anyone has suggested that because you have a lot of "stuff" going on in your bus, and you plan to do a lot of travelling (hills, you know!), you should have an engine that can, you know,
handle it, I can tell you from personal experience documented here and on theSamba, that stock engines can totally handle it.
IF you obey the stock set-up and adjustment protocols, Volkswagen promised you decent fuel economy, decent driveability, outstanding reliability, and a very mellow rate of progress, and Volkswagen promised you that you could carry 1,970 lbs of "stuff" to progress with.
The instant you deviate from stock, you had best be ready to monitor cooling capability (CHT gauge good), if you have an external cooler or a full-flow filter set-up with extra hoses, you best have pressure and temperature monitoring, if you have high compression and performance cam and especially some junky aftermarket air filter set-up (even K&N will never claim that they out-filter stock) you might also have to monitor for engine wear by keeping a close eye on the drain plate junk at oil change time.
Not to hit you over the head or anything, but ask yourself what is your intended use of the bus, and do your needs include getting there in a greater hurry?
Colin