Skip to content
Menu
the garage of love
  • Murbella
    • Murbella – Purchase Pics
    • The 2020 Murbella Project
    • The 2020 New Engine
  • Żuczek Brzęczyszczykiewicz
    • Żuczek B. – Purchase Pics
    • The Żuczek Plan
    • 2019 New Build
  • Subaru
  • Engine Work
    • 2020 New Engine
    • 2019 New Engine
  • Reference
    • Engine Building – Short Block
    • Engine Building – Long Block
    • Engine Building – Final Assembly
    • Parts Sourcing
  • About Me
    • Facebook Page
    • Murbella’s Samba Project Thread
the garage of love

Category: System – Engine – Valvetrain

1979 VW Beetle - FI AJ Code Engine Parts

Murbella – Day 23 – Short Block Disassembly

Posted on 2020-05-23

Given everything I encountered with taking the pistons and cylinders off, it was clear that I need to address the engine fully, and nut just clean it up and hope that new pistons, new cylinders, and new or rebuilt heads would give it the longevity it needs. So I cracked the case. Compared to the…

1979 VW Beetle - FI AJ Code Engine Parts

Murbella – Day 23 – Long Block Disassembly

Posted on 2020-05-23

Today was all about breaking down the long block and then cracking the case for full inspection of the guts. As I was pulling off the oil deflector I realized that yes, there is no gasket under it nor is there gasket on top of it. With no gasket, and just the metal, there’s a…

Murbella – Day 22 – Is a cam upgrade possible for original FI?

Posted on 2020-05-222020-05-22

Since I am already going to be over budget to some degree on the 2020 Murbella Project I thought I would at least explore if there were some cam upgrades out there that could be put into her if I ultimately have to crack the case anyway. Now the key requirements here are… It cannot…

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
©2025 the garage of love | Powered by SuperbThemes