22 Aug DDS Wheel Tech.
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I’m a big fan of these wheels, primarily due to their history and lightweight. Some background: The wheels were called Deano...
The Main Shaft
20 Aug Vintage Berg & Speedwell Linkage Tech.
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Vintage Gene Berg linkage in original blue paint. Notice the original decal, showing their earlier address on Lemon Street (versus...
06 May Keeping Your Cool
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Will bigger engines run hotter? While the waste heat that an engine produces can be affected by many factors -...
06 May 2007 vs. 2165 Build Comparisons
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2007cc Engine Specifications I built this engine in December of 1999 and began driving it in February 2000. It had a 78mm...
06 May Tapping Oil Galleries
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Once all of the machining for your new performance VW motor is complete and you have mocked up the rotating...
06 May Type 3 Brake Conversion
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So you have your Bug or Ghia sporting that famous Cal-Look theme, with a lowered stance, the EMPI or BRM-style...
06 May Basic head porting
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Editor's note: No matter what type of engine you are building, weather it is a mildly-tuned 1600cc daily driver, or...
05 May Building a Reliable and Powerful Street Engine III
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The power is in the Heads! It is often said that the secret to a well performing engine is in the...
05 May Building a Reliable and Powerful Street Engine II
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To the camshaft..and beyond. The next item in the lower end of the engine to consider is the camshaft. The California...
05 May Building a Reliable and Powerful Street Engine Part I
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Over the last decade or so (or, at the very least, since 1995) the Volkswagen sub-culture has relished the re-birth...
04 May Fitting a 901 Porsche Tranny to an IRS Beetle Chassis
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Editor's Note: Many people want to fit their Beetles with a 5 speed tranny. The two most popular methods are...
04 May Adapting Non-VW Wheels
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While it was not an easy swap, I feel that it was well worth the effort. I went from "just...