VW Type 1 Motors

[southpier]

nice; for sale or personal project?

[empinut]

Coming soon. I posted some pics under "VW Type 1 engine" post.

When the resin caster receives and can show quality castings, we'll release more info.

The 48 IDA carb bodies and velocity stacks are from Replica and Miniatures of Maryland. (obviously these will not be re-cast with my parts).

thanks

[Dale W. Verts]

Patiently waiting. Sort of.

Dale

[Dale W. Verts]

By golly, that'll do 'er. Thanks for your efforts- you'll be saving me a ton of work, not to mention lost hair.

A good IRS transaxle as mentioned before will also sell- of course a souped-up Type 4 would work for the real die-hard guys...

Dale

[keyser]

Some of those awesome wheels I'e seen in your posts in long past too would be welcome. BRM's, gasburners, any of them. I'd be in for a motor or 2. Anybody do a Scooby WRX? Can't find old post about it.

[iBorg]

I wish the fan shroud was a seperate piece. I want a couple for drag projects and they rarely run the shroud.

[empinut]

Fan shroud is separate, check post #25.

[mnwildpunk]

I'll be watching this for more info

[empinut]

I changed cameras and now realized the new camera does not have a macro feature. Here are some updated pics using the macro.

Again, all parts are attached using temporary gel glue.

[mnwildpunk]

Where is the drooling emotion

[Bernard Kron]

Sign me up when it's available. I'm sure I'll buy multiples for various projects...

[DrGlueblob]

If these have the quality and relative price of Gibson Engines, I'm good for at least a couple.

[herrvee]

awesome job you do Bill. Need some motors for my waiting projects.

[Skip]

If you make it into production I will want to buy at least one.

Funny we've had a few decent VW Bugs and Bus Variants but the engines have always been blobs that sorta looked like a VW air cooled motor. Any model company that would have done a decent air cooled VW engine would have had a hit on their hands, just for the engine alone.

[Aaronw]

Slightly off topic, but seems like a lot of VW fans here. Any suggestions for an industrial VW engine? They were used for running pumps, generators, compressors and such until the 90s. I was thinking about using the Tamiya bug engine, although the new Revell kit seems to have a decent engine as well.

I am assuming the engine you are all looking at is more of a performance engine, not a basic motor appropriate for pedestrian uses like powering a pump.

I'm thinking about something like this (not looking to build this specific pump, but something similar).

Edited May 29, 2014 by Aaronw

[customcory]

remember the vw motor in the old Futurista 3 wheeler from Monogram?

[Dale W. Verts]

No Cory, what was it like?

Dale

[customcory]

Its detailed pretty good, it has a big breather on top of the motor, chrome stock valve covers, I got to get my model out and see exactly what was there, I have one pic. Somebody glued the generator in the wrong place , but you get a idea.

[customcory]

Here are the instructions

[Dale W. Verts]

Now that's weird-lookin'.

Dale

[empinut]

That same motor is basically found in the Lil Van yellow dune buggy Tom Daniel Reissue. The person that built the motor did not assemble the pieces correctly.

Here is an update:

I added detail to the altenator stand, adding the distinctive ribs and little hole. Also added a hoop to mimic the strap and added the electrical hook up to the top of the altenator.

I took your requests for an IRS tranny and created the side covers which could be added to the Tamiya Tranny. Will also have 2 types of axles/CV joints, one from a 930 Porsche. I custom made IRS trailing arms. These are a little lengthy and beefier(?) for Baja versions, but could be downsized for street versions. I also adjusted a Porsche 5spd tranny to fit the Tamiya chassis. Will add pics later as it is dechroming.

Cheers

[Dale W. Verts]

Excellent. Saves me alot of work. And gonna cost me some money.

Dale

Edited June 1, 2014 by Dale W. Verts

[bismarck]

Count me in for at least 2 !!

[Dale W. Verts]

I'm dehydrated from all the drooling. Hope this happens soon...

Dale

[DrGlueblob]

I'm ready with $$ when you are ready to start sellin' em.