VW Engine

[Nova-ss]

hi All,is there a resin VW engine.I'm in need of a VW engine for a dune buggy I'm building.Thanks to all,Chris

[Modelmartin]

I don't know of a resin one but the Tamiya kit has a good styrene one and the upcoming AMT/Round 3 Meyers Manx will have a very nice one too. How about a Fujimi Porsche 356 motor for a little spice in your buggy? The Testors boxed ones don't go for too much on Ebay.

[Craig Irwin]

Dont forget the Polar lights Herbie kit, a nice 40 horse for a snap kit. The Manx engine is a 36 horse, we really need a good resin 1600 DP for buggy and curbside bug kits.

[Nova-ss]

I know about the Tamiya VW engine.I don't want to spend 25.00 dollars for just the engine.I will if I have to.I have a revell buggy that the engine...to me is terrible and the other engine looks a little better but still is god awful...to me.I did not know there was other VW engines in plastic.I guess I will look at some of the other kits that Modelmartin and Craig Irwin has suggested.Thanks both of you.I agree if there is no resin VW engine in resin,there should be.I always do my best to build combo's that could work in real life.would a Porsche 356 engine work in a buggy and would the transaxle take the HP and Torgue from the 356? Thank ya all,Chris

[kopperkart]

I know about the Tamiya VW engine.I don't want to spend 25.00 dollars for just the engine.I will if I have to.I have a revell buggy that the engine...to me is terrible and the other engine looks a little better but still is god awful...to me.I did not know there was other VW engines in plastic.I guess I will look at some of the other kits that Modelmartin and Craig Irwin has suggested.Thanks both of you.I agree if there is no resin VW engine in resin,there should be.I always do my best to build combo's that could work in real life.would a Porsche 356 engine work in a buggy and would the transaxle take the HP and Torgue from the 356? Thank ya all,Chris

The Porsche engine is a natural for the VW transaxle. How about the Corvair from the AMT Blueprinter Parts Pack? This was common back in the 60's. I'm waiting for the Manx to come out so I can build one with the Corvair.

[jbwelda]

one thing to note about that fujimi porsche 356 motor: it is a very rare and fragile variant...a quad cam motor that came in only a very few of the carrera cars of the era. very rare in 1:1 scale. and they turned out to be very "hand grenade"-y in actual usage: very high power output up to very high redline but one of those times it just explodes. but for detail that motor cannot be beat. check out the dual ignition system

[jbwelda]

ps: the fujimi transaxle is a far far far superior rendition than the typical blob of plastics you get from other manufacturers, so ditch that and upgrade to the 356 transaxle!

[VW Dave]

The Fujimi 356 motor is indeed über-cool, and it would look the business in a buggy; for pure VW power in scale, however, the Tamiya engine is the best.....and I might have an unassembled one available to trade if needed.

Drop me a line as a reminder, Chris, and I'll do a little kit inventory.

[djway3474]

You can kit bash and use a combo of the Testors motor and the revell and it looks pretty good.

The tamiya kit is about the best base to make it look like a 1600+ variant. I found some parts box webbers and scratched the manifolds. The extractor exhaust is the hardest part.

If you could find a resin it will cost you as much as a Tamiya kit anyway so you might as well start there.

Edited November 1, 2009 by djway3474

[Nova-ss]

one thing to note about that fujimi porsche 356 motor: it is a very rare and fragile variant...a quad cam motor that came in only a very few of the carrera cars of the era. very rare in 1:1 scale. and they turned out to be very "hand grenade"-y in actual usage: very high power output up to very high redline but one of those times it just explodes. but for detail that motor cannot be beat. check out the dual ignition system

WOW,That is a great looking engine.I'll consider that.is the engine in 24th easy to find or hard to find.Thank ya,Chris

[Nova-ss]

The Fujimi 356 motor is indeed über-cool, and it would look the business in a buggy; for pure VW power in scale, however, the Tamiya engine is the best.....and I might have an unassembled one available to trade if needed.

Drop me a line as a reminder, Chris, and I'll do a little kit inventory.

Ok VW Dave,I have sent you a PM.....I'm interested in the parts you have thank ya,Chris

[Nova-ss]

I will look into all that everyone has talked about.Thank you,Chris

[VW Dave]

The extractor exhaust is the hardest part.

It's actually quite easy when you have the right material; I use soft aluminum 'armature wire' from my local Michaels, and bead cones from the same store make good looking stinger pipes to boot.

I have a complete, still-on-the-trees Tamiya engine available for swapping....and Nova-ss has a PM.

[Nova-ss]

It's actually quite easy when you have the right material; I use soft aluminum 'armature wire' from my local Michaels, and bead cones from the same store make good looking stinger pipes to boot.

I have a complete, still-on-the-trees Tamiya engine available for swapping....and Nova-ss has a PM.

Thanks VW Dave,I've sent you a PM and the stinger looks great.any help would be appreciated.Thank you,Chris

[GeeBee]

I have a Tamiya Karmann Ghia kit that the bodyshell got broken, so could sort you out the engine parts out of it