 Dare I ask the question, Using a VW bus engine |
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| BeemerSteve |
 Oct 7 2016, 06:46 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 2-September 15 From: Van Zandt, Wa Member No.: 19,123 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Can you use a 1976 Type 2 (Bus) 2.0 engine in a 914? There is said it!!
I can get a nearly free one that ran well before it was pulled. I know the power will not be the same as a 914 2.0 but I can get another car running and driving while I look for a better power unit. |
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| Rand |
Oct 7 2016, 06:47 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
If you don't know whether you can or not, then maybe the answer is no.
Of course you *could* If you have to ask, then no. |
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| injunmort |
Oct 7 2016, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,024 Joined: 12-April 10 From: sugarloaf ny Member No.: 11,604 Region Association: North East States |
i believe you can, but some things like dipstick are different. there are more on this board better versed than i, but for nearly free, it can be done.
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| bdstone914 |
Oct 7 2016, 06:57 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,534 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
I think the main issue is the oil filler tube on the bus comes off the bsck of the block at the bottom.
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| BeemerSteve |
Oct 7 2016, 07:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 2-September 15 From: Van Zandt, Wa Member No.: 19,123 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Rand @ Oct 7 2016, 05:47 PM)  If you don't know whether you can or not, then maybe the answer is no. Of course you *could* If you have to ask, then no. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| BeemerSteve |
Oct 7 2016, 07:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 2-September 15 From: Van Zandt, Wa Member No.: 19,123 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I will get to look at it tomorrow and compare my 2.0 to it from my 73. It's been years of being away from air-cooled so I will have to familiarize myself again with them.
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| Mueller |
Oct 7 2016, 07:07 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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My '73 has a bus 2.0 in it, the previous owner drove it that way for a few years.
Currently down to a possible dropped valve seat, not the motors fault, it happens. |
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| eyesright |
Oct 7 2016, 07:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 430 Joined: 8-January 12 From: OK Member No.: 13,979 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(BeemerSteve @ Oct 7 2016, 04:46 PM) Can you use a 1976 Type 2 (Bus) 2.0 engine in a 914? There is said it!! I can get a nearly free one that ran well before it was pulled. I know the power will not be the same as a 914 2.0 but I can get another car running and driving while I look for a better power unit. My '72 has a re-man engine that was built on a bus Type 4. |
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| Beach914 |
Oct 7 2016, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 968 Joined: 28-March 10 From: Aliso Viejo Member No.: 11,519 Region Association: Southern California
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I had a 74 that had a bus motor in it. Nobody knew I was driving around full throttle flat out everywhere I went. I liked it.
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| garrettlee2 |
Oct 7 2016, 08:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 8-September 12 From: riverside ca Member No.: 14,901 Region Association: None |
I tried it years ago and the problem I had was the oil filler and dipstick on a bus are in the same place as the 914 engine bar. So you could make a kustom engine bar or make a block off plate for the oil filler and use a 914 one instead. The problem is the dip stick my friend has drilled the case for the 914 dip stick but he does it while the engine is apart. Maybe you could drill it with the motor upside down but you can't be sure no metal made it in the engine.
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| BeemerSteve |
Oct 8 2016, 02:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 2-September 15 From: Van Zandt, Wa Member No.: 19,123 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Well, the engine that could've been turned out to be a 1.7 but I think he needed it gone suggested he'd take almost nothing. I passed...didn't want to reconfigure the dip stick tube.
My search continues. Thanks for all your replies! |
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| Bleyseng |
Oct 9 2016, 11:00 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I do have a spare 2.0L engine if you are looking for one.
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