Factory New Built Type 4 Race Engine from Vasek shelves, we think 1.6L for for formula series

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my builder has a lola formula vee (air cooled) with a 1.6 type 4
car on the right... he has ran bonneville with it and this pic is at coronado isle:

Very cool.

Out of curiosity, what size (diameter) are the manifolds?

Don't know. I'm going to go have a look at the motor tomorrow.

Interesting


Has anyone ever seen one like this?

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NOW THIS IS WORTH LOOKING FOR! Any information available?

Yes i have there was one buildt in Sweden about 10 years ago
it was in a 914 and sounded wonderbar

http://home.swipnet.se/motor/custom/

Two cases, two cranks and 4 heads welded together, been done a few times.
May look cool but a /6 or V8 would make more power, last longer and would cost less.

The 1.6L is an industrial version of the T4.
One of the primary uses was NATO mobile artillery IIRC.
Formula Super Vee used that engine for their series for a few years before moving on to 1.6L rabbit engines.

Those short manifolds were intended for Solex carbs.
I think I have a pair here somewhere.

The "V" in the case stamping makes it one of the European cases that were magnesium. I remember that you were supposed to run away from those cases. The info was in one of the old VW engine books I had.

Lots of pieces

That is crazy! Where did you get that beast?

Type one with with single port heads?
How does the exhaust work on that? Is that what is coming out of what looks like intake manifolds?????

Yup, looks like the center exhausts came up. Whoa...

This one stumped me.

Looks like an engine that drives a slave engine, probably as an air compressor....

Why does it have 8 exhaust pipes?

Man I wish there were more to that picture.

Zach

Possibly supplying an air tank

Looks more like a micro brewery project.

Have to admit this is interesting..

All that for a measly 100 hp?

Even if only 100HP (maybe only 80), it was double what was available back in the day. It would probably fit fine in an old bus ... and kick ass

Its a reciprocating torque multiplier.

I so love this thread