Motor Madness
 

Not sure where to post this but I thought you motor heads would get a kick out of this
1963 Twin Engine VW Double Cab Tow Truck For Sale @ Oldbug.com

Its my 1963 VW Crew Cab, turned into a tow truck with Dual stacked motor with the upper motor upside down! LOL! :) I can say it is ONE of a kind for sure! LOL!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1400844569.jpg

I wanna see the business end as to how they are linked to the drivetrain

I am gonna guess that the drive from one engine is sent via the V belt drive

Agreed. While it's hard to decipher through the rust and corrosion in those pictures, it doesn't look like any mechanical connection on the flywheel side.

The lower motor mounted up just like any other vw/Porsche motor. The upper is connected upside down and brackets (see photo) to hold ti together. There is no flywheel for the upper motor. I asked the guy who built it why no flywheel fro th upper motor and he said if you build it right you don't need one! This photo shows the back side of the motors. The intake had a double barrel carb. One barrel was for one motor and the other barrel was for the other one.




phoLOL!likehttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1400852559.jpg

Another Angle onethe intake
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1400852974.jpg

Here is whats under the valve cover on the upside down motor. Baffles to keep the oil moving in the right way? just crazy.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1400852983.jpg
I think this photo is actually upside down.

The rear main seal isn't sealing against anything!

There might be a bit missing on the upper main seal but these motors have roller crank bearings and are over 1800cc each with single port heads! LOL!

So it's an H-8, ala BRM's H-16, right?

I call it a I 8 but it can be what ever anyone wants it to be. The motor has over 70k miles on it and over heated. Hopefully it is just the heads. The guy that built it said don't crack the case!
He also said there is nothing original on this motor except the lower distributor.