Now one of the major changes I decided to implement on this rebuild, even though it is basically a stock-ish engine with basic dual carbs is the use of the VW Type 3 under cylinder cooling tins instead of the small Type 1 deflector tins. Given that the aftermarket top cylinder tins all seem to…
Category: Engine Building
AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 3
I decided that I would only do a bit of color to the top of the engine, and those tins below that often get extremely hot would remain black. I’m following the same process for these, with the exception that the top coat is just a oil and chemical resistant high-temp gloss black. I suspect…
AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 2
A lot of the tins from the AH engine had likely never been removed from the car before, especially the cylinder and surround tins. At deconstruction, it was really apparent how much surface corrosion had eaten away at the original coatings, through surprisingly a lot of the rubber seals and grommets were actually quite decent….
AH Engine – Rebuilding – Engine Tins – Part 1
For those who have no experience with air-cooled engines, the initial exposure to the workings of the engine, as well as all of the metal tin pieces wrapped around the engine components may seem baffling at first. But the importance of engine tins isn’t just a nice thing… it is a crucial design element to…
AH Engine – Planned Case Modifications
So I’m planning to make some of the basic case mods that I’ve been reading about. Almost all of them are just general improvements to the stock engine, and are not aimed at dealing with high RPM situations and the like. Planned Case Modifications Mod 1 – Clearance the case greater than it is –…
Case Mods – Sources of information I’m filing away!
So one of the things I’ve been researching are the many modifications that can be made to a Type 1 engine case’s internals. Now most of these arose out of experimentation in on the performance racing front, and of course, some of them would really not make any difference in a stockish engine, but I’m…
I think I may be ready to drill and tap tomorrow.
I realized that I was missing some tools to complete the block preparations so I ordered them yesterday and hopefully they should all be here tomorrow. I picked up the 9/16″ drill bit to do the main oil return line and and I’m hoping, based on what I’ve already seen, that I probably will not…
So what’s the plan for Mr. Brzęczyszczykiewicz? Part 1
The Żuczek Project is more than just a car restomod to me. It is an attempt to really delve into areas of automotive and other work that I have little to no experience in and force myself to learn a variety of new things along the way. Sure there will be things I’ll likely end up…