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Ok...........you all given me such great advise and help..........now all I need is a 1970 FI engine that I could buy...........anyone know of one ? close to B-ville oklahoma.....(within reason)? Rus --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 22 Mar 2004 at 14:08, Rus wrote: > > > I have a 1970 type three fast back and need an > engine > > for it. would an engine from like a 63 1500 work > in > > it? I like it because its not fuel injected. and > would > > that be 6 or 12 volt > > It would be silly to put yourself thru such a > downgrade just because you have > some concerns about the FI. The FI can be made > reliable and fun to drive with > just a little effort on your part; all you need to > do is post whatever problems > you're having, if any, here, and we can help you > work thru them. > > To answer your question, there are LOTs of reasons > that you don't want to try > to install a 63 engine in your 70. Here are a few of > them: > > The 70 engine has the bosses for the rear mount > crossbar. > The 70 engine has dual port heads. > The 70 engine has the dual oil relief valves and > larger oil passages. > The 70 engine has a larger oil cooler > The 70 engine has cam bearings. > The 70 engine is 12 V. > The 70 engine has a larger oil pump. > The 70 engine has a larger clutch disk. > The 70 engine is 1600 cc. > The 70 engine has a cross drilled crank. > The 70 engine has the larger generator. > > Plus, with the 70, you get fuel injection! > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html