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Re: [T3] Got a type 4


On 25 Apr 2002, at 22:11, Hal Sullivan wrote:

> Kinda makes me curious how they got 34hp DIN out of the later 1192cc when 
> the earlier one had 30hp DIN... cam? heads?

I'll bet that the heads had a lot to do with it. They changed the angle of the 
plane where the manifold met the head, and they may also have changed the 
valve diameter.  

The Bill Fisher book has a lot of details on things like this. It's really a pretty 
interesting peek at the evolution of the VW air cooled engine. Note also that 
type 3 heads got larger valves before our smaller cousins; this was only 
noticed by a few people at the time, so those people had a race advantage 
when they built "stock" engines for racing.  

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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