I rebuilt and drove these engines from 1968 until 1994. At the end of that time I was up to 1700cc's but I still used a single carb and an 09 distributer. I really miss the simplicity of those vehicles.I enjoyed the video. Thanks!

Hell yeah, I can't imagine how many of those engines were piece milled together by us kids in the 80s, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Anaheim. Calli. Bug ins of the 80s. Right on brother.

Newly overhaul Volkswagen engine is fully done with brand-new parts up to the Showroom condition. Anyway thanks for displaying the entire story in a perfect maner.

The most versatile engine ever designed. My first build was a 1200cc into a 1776cc, next was 1300cc into a 1835cc, then two 1600cc, then mostly aftermarket parts into a 2180cc,my last was a monster 2275cc dual 48IDA Weber carb, counter balance forged crank, that thing would haul ass. Pre ran the Baja 500 course with the 1835 in a Baja Bug.

This is an amazing video! Never seen such care and attention made for an air cooled Volkswagen! Simply fantastic, great work!

You make it look so easy and effortless. Great video!

BITD. In the late 60's myself and 3 friends all had "Vdubs". We were looking for any additional edge. One trick was larger carb jets from an MB-Solex (?). My favorite was knocking the packing out of the stock exhaust tips using a socket and 3/8 drive extension bar. Thanks. Narragansett Bay

El legendario motor VW. Cuántas generaciones hemos pasado por esta hermosa creación Germánica

I rebuilt one of those when I was 15 years old so it was ready for when I turned 16. This brings back memories of many hours in my Dad's shop. Thank you.

Such a nice work, beautifully filmed and explained - everytime wonderful to see how a bunch of parts come to a running engine...

I don't know about Los Angeles, but here in Brazil this type of engine is 1300cc!! here in Brazil to be a 1200cc 1st the fuel pump came next to the oil switch 2nd the dynamo support were fused to the engine block. but a nice job was done on this engine congratulations

I wish I had your engine stand when I rebuilt my 1954 VW. Great video. Brought back a lot of memories.

Great video, most folks never see air cooled engines, other than motorcycles, being rebuilt.

The beauty of simplicity

Great video. I would like to rebuild my 1600cc on my ‘71 SB for the first time. Never rebuilt any motor before.

I still love those engine. Will always be a masterpiece 🤩

This made me recall how many times I worked on the engine of my Beetle - the model from 1973, the one with big rear lights. Thank you for posting...

Finally someone who knows how to time a VW the right way 👍

This takes me back. I rebuilt so many of them back in the 70's I lost count. The last one was an 1800cc big bore, with a Holley carburetor in a Karmen Gia. If I remember right, we had to machine the case to fit the cylinders. That motor sucked so much air that the intake manifold would be covered in ice for the first 10 minutes. Fun times.

Watching a piece of art being put together again. Then she purrs like a kitten. So smooth. My Käfer from 1968, which I drove when I was 18y. old 1979 never ran so smooth. Although she was well serviced, totally original 54688 miles. So high tech also works on an enige first developed in 1938 (Typ 1) I bow for you.

beautifully done mate

One of the best tutorial videos I've seen amazing work

Super informative video and makes me super excited to eventually assemble mine!

Damn those Germans could engineer some practical, simple and elegant designed engines back 80 years or so ago.

Excellent video! Keep up the good work.

Very clean job. They were assembled very carefully. Great work! 👍

I haven't seen something beautiful like this in sometime

Awesome job rebuilding it! Sounded great! Thanks for sharing! 👍

This was really well done. Thank you.

Love hearing that sound. Like any hippie, I had a number of bugs and buses in the 70s.

Nice Vid! Old VW guy here..Love the sound!

Nicely done.

Nice job it’s always a satisfying feeling when all that work you do and it starts up on the first try that’s what you call a great accomplishment

What people don't get is that if you tune up for more power you get more heat. Big bore kits hot camshafts and twin carbs mean more heat output. Porsche got some of the heat away on the 911 by using sodium cored valves but even they had to go to water cooling eventually. Turn a 45 bhp motor onto 150 bhp and you got a lot more heat to get rid of.

Eu tenho um fusca 1964, 1200cc.👊 Você fazendo um motor é um artista. Meu sinceros parabéns! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I just rebuilt a 1500cc into a 1600cc first time. Full tear down also..got it running last friday 6/10, MAGIC

nice. when it started it gave me chills and goose bumps of joy

My 64 and I enjoyed your video. Thanks!

Nice work gyus! 👍

Gracias por un recuerdo de mi aventura por la vida soy eléctrico automotriz soy de Mexico cuando empecé a trabajar en este hermoso oficio fue con este maravilloso motor aquí en mi país fue el mejor auto en los años 80s te agradezco mucho tu video es excelente y gracias por recordar parte de mi vida

We had so much fun building these things. I could have one on the floor in 15 minutes.

One thing I always recommend for VW to aviation permatex to put the cases together to a bigger oil pump 3 Nordstrom the end of that crankshaft needed to be sanded smooth a lightened flywheel is a must it doesn't love the rear bearing to be pounded out little tricky to dry but it's worth the effort and gas mileage. And I always recommend the .009 distributor and if you're using oil bath air cleaner used dextran transmission fluid and filters a lot better you can feel it just a little bit more it just helps to lubricate the valves. I love building these engine it's good to have the rotating Mass balanced it's critical. One last thing run swivel feet on the rocker. Then you'll have a bulletproof engine.

That was satisfying to watch!

wow! this is wonderful!

Great video!

Great video, especially looking at those master mechanic hands making precisely movements and handling large parts like a one of the best Mexican mechanic, perfectly job an video, especially those adjustments Mexican stile.

Very nicely done video

That familiar sound is unmistakable

My parents owned 2 Volkswagen Beetles. They owned a 1965 Volkswagen Beetle and a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle. These were the cars my father mostly drove and they were a favorite of my father. My mother did not like to drive these cars. She preferred the large Ford Station Wagons that had an automatic transmission.

Great show !!!!

Incrível. Além de ter feito um serviço impecável ainda fez uma excelente filmagem parabéns

I have a 1200 40hp built in March of 1965 and it too had a hole blown but the #1 piston. I check everything else and the measurements are still good for new std rebuild kit. I found AApreformance has the 77mm kit for a pretty good price. Surprised I can still get a new kit for this engine.

Great video

That was pretty damn good, thanks

Watching that was therapeutic.

Exelente video y mejor aún su trabajo 👌👌👌

professional work, well cared for. Congratulations from our #affairsbullonati Team

Nice Video step by step I will put this video in my favorites and play this for my 67 bug Restoration 1500cc H motor I hope it's good it is frozen up but hopefully it's moisture rust seized and not low oil seized..

I was always taught to put the piston pin circlip with opening at top or bottom, never at side. At the side the clip is more likely to come out due to piston stop start forces.

Sweet. God bless Ferdinand Porsche, Rick Fayens and Carl Cordell. Orémus Y'all.

Balance mind balance built. Good job. Thankyou ;for vdo

sweet job

PRETTY GOOD ENGINES THAT BEEN AROUND SINCE BEFORE WW2 $$$

Nice job! Btw a little trick with the cam plugs.. use a tiny bit of Locktight brand oil rated silicone.. just a small small wipe around the edge of the cam plug we’re it seats. They will usually leak without any silicone

That´s the sound I love !

We have to go back to the old technology, much better and everlasting.

You remind me of the time when I restore 1200cc 40hp air cooled v4 of ZaZ-968m

Well done

Notorious for blowing out spark plugs and stripping the head which was fixed with a helicoil insert.

I had 2 40 horses .A 1960 and a 1963 . Good little engines back when speed limit was 55 . Now you would get run over by a distracted driver doing 80 !

Nice video for someone who is mechanically inclined look for the le man they don’t have a clue what you’re doing an even me mechanic of 25 years I’m playing catch-up at the same time thank you for your video

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The OG tuner flat four. Suck it Subaru fans. These engines are like a Lego set for engine building. The swapping/mixing matching of different cranks/pistons to get the displacement you wanted to suit your needs. The variety of cams and carb setups alone is mind boggling. You could literally double the engine output easily. Plunk it all back into a car that at it's heaviest was what 1800 pounds?

Great video mate, really nice with no talking all over it. One respectful word of advice though - PLEASE try to leave captions on for long enough for us to read them. There were a lot of graphics on here which disappeared off the screen before I was even half way through reading them. Apart from that - excellent, I loved it. Looks like you did a brilliant job.

VW Käfer! Und er läuft und läuft und läuft. Bei Min.1.09 ist ein Riss in der Zahnflanke der Nockenwelle zu sehen. Eine gute Gelegenheit, sie gegen eine geradverzahte zu tauschen.

Ottimo video! Nessun video tratta il montaggio del termostato..old bug never die...

More like Art than a rebuild.

GREAT VID. The best I’ve seen, and obviously a lot of care went into the making thereof. On a personal OCD level however, I cringed at the external appearance of the case and wished that it had been made as pristine there as on the inside. Just my personal hang up.

This motor is everywhere. It never dies. For generators, pumps, compressors, welders, beach buggies, sports cars, hovercraft...

Have you ever done a tear down rebuild on a swingarm transaxle? That would be awesome to watch

What a sound...

I had a 2180cc motor. Dual carbs. Pretty quick car

Wonderful

Great video...comments were often too quick though.

Richtig gut 🤙🏻👍🏻

Was absolutely terrified for a second because when I first saw the naming of this video I thought it said 400 horsepower lol

Sin duda los alemanes fueron unos genios al hacer esta obra de arte 😎

Awesome!

You simply cannot beat the sound of a 1200! Is the 1384 top end kit worth doing? How much difference does it make?

Fine art master peace ✌️

Este vídeo me hace recordar mucho cuando mi papá reparaba estos motores legendarios VW. Un prodigio de la Ingeniería Alemana de aquella época, enfriamiento por aire bajo peso estable económico sinceramente muy bueno.

Ah quanta emoção, peça por peça e nu final dar na partida e tudo funcionar perfeitamente.

Great video!... Beautiful motor. I would throw that bad boy into a formulaV Car, to throw it between cones on an autocross course 👍

my money pit was a 67 Bug, from 1990 to 98, ever extra dollar i made went into making that car quicker. 2 different trans and 3 different engine sizes. the city i grew up in Southern California, the south side of that city loved VWs. rags to micros, didn't matter, u seen Bugs everywhere there. i had a buddy with a 65, 1200cc

Nice build.. What's the compression ratio for the engine?

Quick question mate, sorry if someone has already asked this. But why have you settled 40 hp build. I mean I understand they're air cooled but is there other fundamental design constraints that limit the output of these engines. Like materials strength, composition, valve and port size etc.?

Wow 49 hp speed demon....

이게 친환경이다 안전한 차이다 현대에 다시 생산되야할 차

Beauty

I'm all for the short and sharp approach to making videos but there's no need to rush this much. Just a little extra time to make the captions readable would've been good.