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>>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. Freddie Lochner wrote: > >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. From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre@online.no> > 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. Agreed. I was only speaking of Type 3's. Sorry, I should have been more clear. Freddie Lochner http://www.geocities.com/SixtyNineNotch ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/