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My comments below. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/ >-----Original Message----- >However the only thing that seems odd is that he used a bug block. The >only idiosyncracy involved in this, he tells me, is that the >normal type 3 style dipstick and oil adding cap won't work, as the block >doesn't reach them, and to add/check the oil, one has to pop open the engine >compartment and do it there. >Does that sound fishy? Nope, he's correct. Yeah, a minor pain but very doable. If you wanted to spend the money you could have a hole drilled in the sump and mount the hardware for the stock T3 oil setup. >He also installed a bug type exhaust >system, which he says gives about 3 or 4 more horsepower. Probably using an extractor exhaust system. >Otherwise, it looks very nice. It's white, with red vinyl interior in >very good shape, and the engine looks clean as a whistle. Sounds like it's well maintained. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/