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RE: [T3] T3 engine rebuilt with bug block?


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.

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