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by eddielee
Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:22 am
Forum: Air Cooled: Beetle to 1979
Topic: 1600i
Replies: 3
Views: 9122

Re: 1600i

I read the title and was curious if I somehow missed something. I think you mean 1600cc, or 1.6l. The only difference in the air cooled engines are the cylinder heads, otherwise known as jugs.

If you were to end up in a VW graveyard you could take 3 VW'S and usually drive one away.
by eddielee
Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:06 am
Forum: Air Cooled: Beetle to 1979
Topic: split window bug
Replies: 3
Views: 9202

Re: split window bug

These are truly rare, just as the split window van is rare.

The rarity that you really start having an affection for after riding in one is the Syncro bus.
A 4x4 air cooled VW Van, or vanagon. Man I want one of those myself!
by eddielee
Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:04 am
Forum: Air Cooled: Bus, up to 1979
Topic: Camper
Replies: 2
Views: 11164

Re: Camper

The thing about the old air cooled engines is that they must be adjusted at higher altitudes. When you climb in elevation the air gets thinner and the fuel air ratio changes. You literally have have to turn the fuel ratio screw in order to set the fuel air ratio for higher altitudes. Then when you g...