At 10:06 AM 6/5/96, bill (w.r.) crick wrote:

>However with a different cam, and manifolds you could take a bug
>engine, and use two cylinders for the engine, and use two cylinders
>for the compressor.

The HP book "How to Hot Rod your VW Engine" has an interesting history of
the type I engine.  It tells about one design that was played with early on
in which two cylinders acted as compressors... to SUPERCHARGE the other two
cylinders!  Now there's some creative thinking.  The book said it was
discarded due to overheating problems.

-David

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