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who builds their own motors?
who builds their own motors?
Re-built more than 5 [ 16 ] ** [20.51%]
Re-built 2 => 5 [ 18 ] ** [23.08%]
Re-built 1 [ 19 ] ** [24.36%]
Thinking of doing first re-build soon [ 13 ] ** [16.67%]
Thinking of doing first re-build distant future [ 9 ] ** [11.54%]
Not thinking [ 3 ] ** [3.85%]
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post Feb 19 2004, 07:32 AM
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After watching Jake's video, I am ready to tear mine down. Got to wondering how many of us actually build their own motors in the garage.

Let's see.

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post Feb 19 2004, 07:42 AM
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Is this TYPE IV specific?
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post Feb 19 2004, 07:49 AM
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#3 is done and waiting on some welding work in the engine bay and rear trunk this weekend.

#4 & 5 are waiting on heads due back this friday.

All Type4's
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post Feb 19 2004, 07:59 AM
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QUOTE(DuckRyder @ Feb 19 2004, 09:42 AM)
Is this TYPE IV specific?

Lets try and limit it to air-cooled only.

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post Feb 19 2004, 08:40 AM
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I'm not against doing it... but it was a much better deal to buy one someone else already rebuilt...this time... I plan on tearing down the 1.8 and rebuilding it slowly... buying a part or 2 as I get some extra cash(is there such a thing) and doing it up right. I plan on buying Jake's Video to help me learn it...
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post Feb 19 2004, 08:56 AM
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I have done 3 so far...two T4's for my bus and one for the 914...the 914 one didn't go so well, so I paid Jake to do it right for me.

However, I have about 3 motors in pieces right now that will become dune buggy motors in the near future...now armed with Jakes vid, I think I can build a decent junkyard motor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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post Feb 19 2004, 09:10 AM
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QUOTE(cha914 @ Feb 19 2004, 10:56 AM)
the 914 one didn't go so well, so I paid Jake to do it right for me.

isn't the 914 the same as the other type IV's?

what went wrong?

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post Feb 19 2004, 09:36 AM
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I'll be rebuilding mine as soon as the heads get back which will be friday..and vsg914 is going to help me put her back on the road.....Thanks Kurt...your the bomb.....i'm looking forward to getting my "baby" back on the road and driving her...mmmmmmmmmmmm can't wait....

Kurt i'll bring the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) LOL....
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post Feb 19 2004, 09:54 AM
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my first was an '81 vanagon (counts as a typeIV, doesn't it) full rebuild, the next 2 were from short blocks so i counted my experience as 1.75 which rounded up to 2 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

i have a 2.0 that i plan on building up this winter, but have dragged feet on project due to time (work a part time job + full time job), money (2 kids in college), weather (storage area is full of junk, err... rare and valuable 914 parts; no garage), and only need cam & lifters, and pistons and cylinders, and the 1.8L L-jet engine is still running fine so since it ain't broke, i'm not pressured to fix it
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post Feb 19 2004, 09:56 AM
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I build my own. See my new thread.
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post Feb 19 2004, 10:43 AM
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I don't have time to build my own... I build all the rest! been trtyying to get my 3 liter sealed up for 3 months now!
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post Feb 19 2004, 12:28 PM
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Just one aircooler, my 2.7L 9eleben motor.
Disassembled a couple more.....which is a gud way to learn how they go together. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

There's some stuff inside there (ways of doing things) that were unlike anything in my previous experience. At times, one wonders why they did something is such a manner....then you shrug and think.....these things have gone wide guts at Le Mans for 24 hrs, so they must have their shit together.

An enjoyable experience......and it's nice to have the go pedal produce go.
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post Feb 19 2004, 12:52 PM
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Most know about my ill fated motor. The rebuild was beautiful and ran great. Expect some piston slap if you use center set pins. (KB's). But it ran really well,........until THE FUEL PUMP FAILED.

This, and some debris that was hiding in some used carbs that I did not go thru well enough. (As in removing the plugs and chasing the bores.

Result was a burned piston that sent metal throughout the new motor requiring a total rebuild again. I fire it up in about an hour and tomrrow is Streets or Willow. If I don't find problems.
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post Feb 19 2004, 01:01 PM
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Alright Milt!
Ya can't keep an old dog down....or sumthin' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Feb 19 2004, 01:01 PM
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I built 2 2270's.

LOL

One worked for about an hour until the lifters ate themselves and ver. 2 is running just fine.

It was the first motor I'd ever built too... LOL

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post Feb 19 2004, 01:57 PM
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Soon...I start this summer on an unknown engine (7R case, 2.4 heads--2 useless). Should be fun.
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post Feb 19 2004, 04:09 PM
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Dave,

Yeah, the 914 is a TIV just like the later bus's had. I was successful on the bus motor because I was staying stock and just replacing the heads (so I guess technically not a full rebuild) ... the 914 motor was my first try at a performance motor, and I got my engine building advice from TI guys and not TIV guys. I was having head sealing problems and valve train geometry problems because of the different cam I put in...and I also believed that the guy who refreshed my heads didn't know what he was doing either.

Anyway, now I have been hanging around guys like Jake and Mark, Brad and several others enough that I think I can build a decent little junk yard motor...and if I run into problems at least now I have guys that I can trust give me help. Live and learn I guess ...

good luck,

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post Feb 19 2004, 04:27 PM
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I've done a couple of type I's; they're lighter and easier to lift and move around. After having done same with a type IV, there is a weight difference; based on Jake's video, seems that that's the only "major" difference. I've got "big" plans for the "spare" engine in my garage (and enough "spare" parts for yet another complete engine). Got some money, need more room; looking for a bigger place to live and work on cars, then I'll have the room but probably won't have the money...!
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post Feb 19 2004, 05:59 PM
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I've never built a Type IV. Always a Type I. I've built one or two stock 1600's and an 1835.

The 1835 was a true learning experience. It's amazing how much difference there is from a stock rebuild compaired to the ammount of legwork required to make all those aftermarket pieces work together in a modified engine.

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post Feb 19 2004, 06:05 PM
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QUOTE(synthesisdv @ Feb 19 2004, 09:59 AM)
QUOTE(DuckRyder @ Feb 19 2004, 09:42 AM)
Is this TYPE IV specific?

Lets try and limit it to air-cooled only.

dr

Then one of you administrator types change me to 2-5 unless I can count building the same T1 5 times....................... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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