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Subject:Re: 1.6-l. '79-'82 type 2 aircooled pancake engine in Bug?
From:Hanno Spoelstra
Date:Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:16:35 +0100

Brian,

At 02:41 PM 1/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>electronic ignition
>This can be retro-fitted to any T1 engine, 

So I can go to a scrapyard, find myself a 1600 Transporter, rip out out the
ignition system, and install it in my Bug? Or are there some major snags?

>The 1600 CT Transporter engine was used from 4-'79 to 12-'82, 85.5x69mm,
>1584cc, dono its power output by heart, but around the 50 Din HP the 
>stock 1600 upright engine provided.
>Below a piece of text i copied from a message i wrote to a fellow listie
>a while back, also, i've written about this motor before and i think you 
>find that in the Vanagon@Lenti archives.
>Brian.

Thanks for the great piece of info on the 1600 CT Transporter engine.
Apparently, the conversion can be done, but it doesn't seem to be a simple
spanner-and-screwdriver job. I was hoping the end result would look like the
stock 1.6-l. upright Bug engine. I'll try to access the vanagon archives via
e-mail first.

Thanks,
Hanno Spoelstra <H.L.Spoelstra@WbMt.TUDelft.NL>
Bloemendaal, The Netherlands

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