Vw Bus Engine
Here s a vintage bus owner s guide on how to decypher the engine code.
Vw bus engine. Darryl s air cooled builds the finest zero mile air cooled volkswagen engines for sale anywhere. 2 0 liter engine originally from the1978 vw vanagon but now carbureted w hydraulic lifters and early oval port heads. Road test magazine contrasted the volkswagen bus with the era s muscle cars in its review of a 1970 vw station wagon model. The microbus moniker commemorates the german company s iconic type 2 microbus or vw bus for short which inspired the new van s retro design.
All engines in volkswagen type 2 busses from 1968 to 1979 were stamped with a serial number including a two letter code. It had 72 horsepower and cut 0 60 mph times from over 30 seconds to a more acceptable 22. Admittedly however flower symbols and curtained windows seem to attract the police as readily as. Engine transmission and performance.
The engine that superseded the type 4 engine in the late 1983 vw bus retained volkswagen type 1 architecture yet featured water cooled cylinder heads and cylinder jackets. This means that we temporarily install carburetion and other accessories to actually fire them up to run our complete battery of tests before the gex name goes on. This engine can be used in applications from the 1972 bus to the 1978 bus. The wasserboxer volkswagen terminology for a water cooled opposed cylinder flat or boxer engine was subsequently discontinued in 1992 with the introduction of the.
Quick links take me to the engine codes list ℹ why do i need the engine. E scape via a bus is far less expensive and more promising in terms of birds and bees than being encumbered with a bucket seated thirsty engine gto or scat pack dodge. I just reinstalled the newly cleaned intake manifold and generator but i ve still got problems. Gex late bus vw engines.
The volkswagen type 2 known officially depending on body type as the transporter kombi or microbus or informally as the bus us or camper uk pão de forma loaf of bread portugal is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the german automaker volkswagen as its second car model following and initially deriving from volkswagen s first model the. The 1972 1979 volkswagen bus kicked off a four year advance on the powertrain front and concluded with vw planning for the third generation volkswagen bus. After getting the thing to idle and testing w wd 40 i su.