twin cam motor in a vw bug

[Paul LeFevre]

I was fortunate enough to go through Barron Colliers museum over the weekend and he has a 64 beetle with a twin cam 4 cyl. motor stuffed in the back. It was really cool. He has a great assortment of Porsche race cars and some very nice road cars as well. 110 cars total (not all Porsches) . Millions of $. Great Museum but no longer open to the public, unfortunately.

[Matt Monson]

Ttwwp.

[Paul LeFevre]

Ttwwp. ?

[kidrock]

Ttwwp...should be, Ttuwp.

Ttuwp = This Thread is Useless Without Pictures.

now, if somebody can tell me what VMMV means.

[crustychief]

I believe it is YMMV Your Mileage May Vary

[john walker's workshop]

denny aker has one too. he runs a shop here in seattle. pardon the somewhat blurry pic.

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by kidrock

Ttwwp...should be, Ttuwp.

Ttuwp = This Thread is Worthless Without Pictures.

Fixored.

[Paul LeFevre]

the one I saw had a flat fan, not vertical.

[kenikh]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

denny aker has one too. He runs a shop here in seattle. Pardon the somewhat blurry pic.

day-ummm!!!

[paulgtr]

ok, so what does FTW mean?

[Paul LeFevre]

I really screwed up and went with out a camera. With a flat fan I assume it was a carrera gt motor.

[FrdzRed]

Wow, I've heard that those motors can be worth up to 6 figures......

[Steve@Rennsport]

Originally Posted by Paul LeFevre

I really screwed up and went with out a camera. With a flat fan I assume it was a carrera gt motor.

Carrera 4-cam motors don't have flat fans: they look just like the one in that silver beetle.

We have rebuilt a few of these things.

[Paul LeFevre]

thanks Steve for the insight. Just what motor was the one I saw? Flat fan, and what I would call a distributor that looks like yours, but on left side of engine. Similar to the more common position of say an 87-89 carrera. Thanks Paul

[Hayabusa]

Originally Posted by paulgtr

ok, so what does FTW mean?

FTW = For The Win!

[Hayabusa]

Now,, how about a Bug with a flat six in it? Anyone?

[Quicksilver]

Originally Posted by Hayabusa

Now,, how about a Bug with a flat six in it? Anyone?

The combination of a 911 motor in a Bug was sorted out by a guy named Whitey Davis in the 80s. Whitey's 911 powered Super Beetle would carry both front tires out of the corner when ice racing in a "super stud" class (3/8" studs) and would leave a rooster tail of ice chips quite a bit higher then a light pole. It was jaw dropping and pretty impossible to see anything if you were behind him.
It is currently a winning combo in the Alaska Sports Car Club. Currently Chad Yosh-itomi and Jim Hemmesch are running the same basic package. If I remember correctly Whitey said that his car was about 1300 pounds.
(BTW Wayne: Need to lighten up a touch on the "dirty word" filter so it doesn't block a common Japanese name. Yosh-itomi=Yo****omi?)

Here are a couple pics of Jim's car:




Here are a few videos. (Chad's car is red and Jim's is blue):



And here are a couple in car videos. Chad is a pretty amazing driver so his video is a bit boring because he is out front.


As you can see slideways driving skills are important when the changing sun allows different parts of the track to freeze during a race. The used to put 1500lbs of salt down on the road each day to keep it melted. (Salt-cicles in a race car sucks! A roll cage shouldn't rust away in 3 years...) They switched to using urea in the 80s and I assume they still do for environmental reasons.

[daepp]

Flat fan in a bug - could it have been a:

Corvair?


VW Pancake?

[GTSinLV]

Hi All, \has anyone noticed the double ignition that the engine has.....Spyder or 904 engine ??
just my 2 pfennig's
stefan

[Hayabusa]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

The combination of a 911 motor in a Bug was sorted out by a guy named Whitey Davis in the 80s. Whitey's 911 powered Super Beetle would carry both front tires out of the corner when ice racing in a "super stud" class (3/8" studs) and would leave a rooster tail of ice chips quite a bit higher then a light pole. It was jaw dropping and pretty impossible to see anything if you were behind him.
It is currently a winning combo in the Alaska Sports Car Club. Currently Chad Yosh-itomi and Jim Hemmesch are running the same basic package. If I remember correctly Whitey said that his car was about 1300 pounds.
(BTW Wayne: Need to lighten up a touch on the "dirty word" filter so it doesn't block a common Japanese name. Yosh-itomi=Yo****omi?)

Here are a couple pics of Jim's car:




Here are a few videos. (Chad's car is red and Jim's is blue):



And here are a couple in car videos. Chad is a pretty amazing driver so his video is a bit boring because he is out front.


As you can see slideways driving skills are important when the changing sun allows different parts of the track to freeze during a race. The used to put 1500lbs of salt down on the road each day to keep it melted. (Salt-cicles in a race car sucks! A roll cage shouldn't rust away in 3 years...) They switched to using urea in the 80s and I assume they still do for environmental reasons.

Great post. Thanks for the treat! That was really a lot of fun. Both of those car are 6's?

It would be insane if someone was running one of these with a street set up.

Sorry for the hijack.