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6duece
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Post by 6duece »

Anybody done one of these Type V's what type of horsepower are you getting or 1/4 mile times also what crank and pistons are you running

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Post by Secoh »

type V is the Caravelle (Vanagon) watercooled flat four, right?

if so, i'll keep you posted as i'm building up a turbo one for my beetle now. Image Steve C is running a turbo one in his beetle too, and has done so for some time.

I'm interested in this thread also as some indication of what to expect.

Mine is going to use a 2.1L crank and KS pistons, HPC coated, with stock rods and new stretch bolts. fingers crossed it holds together Image
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Post by Badbugtwo »

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 6duece:
Anybody done one of these Type V's what type of horsepower are you getting or 1/4 mile times also what crank and pistons are you running<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well... so far I have managed to run a 9.35 @ 145mph in the quarter with mine. For info on the car check out my website.

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Post by Carsten »

A friend of mine dynoed 454 Hp at 1,4 bar boost, on the "first generation" of his 2,5L wasser.
now his been testing/racing at 2 bar+ boost and it holds up good.

Still on the stock 76,4 crank!

Street driven!

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Post by marcotheturbosteamengine »

do you have anymore specs on the turbo 2.5WBX motor?

i am very intrested in hearing about outer turbo WBX motors as there are not that many in the world!

this is my turbo WBX 63bug!

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Post by Piledriver »

My 914 needs one of those...;-0
100 HP is a blast..
454+ would be way too much fun.(if such was possible)
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Post by Class 11 streeter »

Hey Marco

What did you end up doing with your noisy lifters? The last time I remember you mentioning it on the Type4um you had hydro lifters and they were clattering like crazy.

What did you do to fix it?

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Post by 3liter914-6 »

Marco,

your car looks amazing. Could you share more details on the car and motor. Was there any clearancing of the car required to fit the wasserboxer? I've heard you need to do some cutting to fit the 2.1L's thermostat in a beetle. Looks very clean, are you running efi, or? Where have you mounted the radiators/cooling apparatus? Any close up pictures of the engine?

Thanks!

p.s. if you want to throw a webpage together I'd be more than happy to host it.
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