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Re: [T3] Automatic + carbs


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Freddie Lochner wrote:

Nathan Jacobsen wrote:

Was there ever such a thing as dual port single carb setup for T3, or were
they all single port?


From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre@online.no>

It would be strange if they retained the single ports since all other
aircooled engines were dual ports from 1971 on (yes, even the 1300
Beetles). Actually, I dont know if the 1200 Beetle went to dual ports
after 71, so the 1500 may actually have been a single port as well.


Strange, yes, but true. I think because of the design of the single-carb manifold, the single port heads remained. I don't think there would be any advantage to make it dual port in that setup.

It obviously made sense on the beetles, of which all were single carbs. On the other hands, we have to look at production volumes here. Single carb Beetles were made in over 1 million in 1971 alone, while single carb type 3s in 1971-up was probably low 5 digit numbers only.

PerL
73 Variant L


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