One of the best build videos I’ve ever seen. I’ve watched a lot of them. Thank you for filming and asking a lot of questions a long the way. Lots of wisdom from your friend. He’s legendary. Really enjoyed watching him share his knowledge through the whole thing. Will be using a lot of tips and tricks on building my single port and doing work on my 1914 ghia engine. Thanks! Great video

Watched every minute, and really enjoyed it !! I am about to retire, and I plan on rebuilding my stock 1600 TP, this will be of great help, Thank you

I was 19 years old , I just had a Flashback of a Seasoned VW Mechanic teaching me how to do a Valve job. I am now 68 years old and still remember the lesson. What a great Video. Some people learn by reading - some watching -others doing. This is Great Teaching material.

I fell asleep watchin this and i could of sworn i was buildin an engine with nicolas cage and some guy cause i kept trying to give instructions cause i could hear it while asleep but couldnt talk and there was a lake right next to open garage doors and i could see down in it and see fish!! Lol so weird. i woke my self up and saw what ya'll were buildin and rewatched it cause i've built hundreds of vw engines. Nice job thanks for sharin!

I don't think I have ever hear a smoother running vw engine ever. great job.

I used to rebuild those engines when I was in my early teens. Installed a lot of big bore kits, dual weber carbs. Complete rebuilds and reconditioning of every part

I’m going to be taking on a complete rebuild this summer Thank you for this video Very informative

What an awesome experience to learn from VWDarrin! You can't put a price on getting that kind of knowledge!

This guy is awesome! Thanks whoever you are for teaching anyone who will listen to your wizdom!

This was so educational and Darren is a great teacher and made it fun to watch. I'm an inspired mechanic to be at 55 yrs.old and love working and repairing my cars. Now learning about air cooled engines and how they work. Love it and looking forward to 1 day build my own . I currently have 74 beetle and love it. Great KZfaq video

i like this Darrin dude hes straight to the point and does explain well,matter of fact way i apreciate that.

I like the way you work. Well lit, clean, well-organized and everything laid out. You are an inspiration!

You get my number one vote for a job well done . Thank you for the lesson on how to rebuild a V W . Engine.

Hey I saw you rebuilding that VW engine... it brought back memories. From the maternity my first ride was in a 1959 VW, 17 years later I learn to drive in the same all beat up and when I was about q0 years I swear, I knew how to put that engine back together. That was in Africa! I live here now and swear before my time, I am gonna buy me a VW...My dad had a 1957 Chevy I saw in uour picture!!! Memories!!!

Thanks from Norway,God bless you

Thank you for being a wonderful patient teacher. Remind everyone that number 3 exhaust valve clearenss should be a little looser then the rest of the valve clearness. Number 3 exhaust valve runs hotter, and is more successible to failure,

That was one of the best builds I've seen. Good old VW. May it live forever. I'm always so impressed that the little engine that could has stood the test of time.

So nice. Flat 4's and 6's are magic. Great team

VWDarren is the bomb! Enjoy hearing and watching him.

😮 wow I love that engine process I wish one day find someone who show me stuff like this not in school just on streets I like school but went u learn its like this gentleman did ❤

Hi CT, getting ready to start rebuilding my old 40hp engine. I got new bearings, pistons and jugs for it. My case is older without main stud Orings and cam bearings so not much needed to put the case halves together. I also got new lifters since the old one were flat. The fun starts.

Thank you for a 1200 build video! Always find videos of dual port 1600 videos. You gained a new follower! Can't wait to learn from your videos!

Sunday morning coffee and CT video.

Great Done good job I m from Islamabad Pakistan ❤️🇵🇰❤️

Nice montage, CT. In Brazil, it is usual to assemble it a little differently, which can be seen on Tonella's channel, a specialist in air-cooled engines in São Paulo. Congratulations on the super cool projects! Hugs, Bauru/SP

My father used to have a Volkswagen shop in the '70s and '80s called The Beetle Haus in Atlanta, ga. I learned how to do this engine rebuild when I was 13 years old and I also learned how to install the motor in the in the vehicle. It's really easy. My first car was a bug. And all of my friends started driving beetles because I had one at 16. Now even 30 years later they all drive German cars. Even their grandchildren.

Thanks to the the amazing Mechanic (Darrin?) and the guy filming. Such valuable video to reference and to keep them bugs on the road.

Wow! You guy’s did a great job on that beauty!! She sure purr’s like a kitten! Well worth watching the complete build!👌😎👍

Nothing like building air cooled engines. I use to build chevy corvair engines. Easy work

Rad little video. The 2 hours went by fast! Thanks guys

Grate Video CT ! Like i said before there is nothing like starting up a engine that you have bulit your self CT ! You will see ! Thanks Darrin also ! Straight Ahead ! ✌😎

I worked on old timer Mercedes Benz, so many things are`nt the same but still one time watching this I guess i can fix vw now.

I had a bug in 1990 after awhile I was adjusting the valves myself so hey I was going thru the right procedure, cool

Bonjour Rusty et à vôtre ami Darrin très belle équipe félicitations pour le remontage de ce moteur en peu de temps

Youve clearly built plenty of VW engines and way more than me but, watching you bounce that crank putting the key in and then watching it flex when you torqued the tod bolts hurt me deep in my soul.

A true master at his trade 👌🏻😎

I am not going to build a vw engine but i enjoyed the video...

i have rebuilt a few 40 horse and countless 57 and 65 i did notice you didnt put a waher on the exhaust studs.and when installing number 1 cyl i noticed the oil ring out did you by chance squeeze that back in off camera or just hit it lucky and it reinstall its self.from experience i have on a few hit it lucky so i was just wandering if that was slight of hand or luck lol you guys are doing a great job and i love your engine building room. i have to clean an area in my shop and use that

VW Darren is a legend on them engines

Brings back memories from Courtesy Chevrolet San Diego doing Heavy line work with a real shop Forman named Harry Boker

From 1974 to 1977 I learned car mechanic by VW in Germany after the 3 years I was tested in theory and practice and I got the certificate for car mechanic without this certification you can't work as car mechanic in Germany I don't know how much of this Boxer engine's I repaired but it was a lot 😏

Super rebuilding skills there. Very enjoyable video. Someday I’ll get back into vw fever. Thanks

Rusty's engine, the owl VW transporter. Nice playlist!

The internal combustion engine is nothing short of a mechanical miracle.

Porsche was truly a brilliant engineer/designer. Motor sounds really awesome. Time to get it installed! 😊🫵🏻👍🏻

Love for you to build my engine. You’re very thorough and appreciate the attention to detail.

Dude thanks for the master class. excellent video .

Man, that was awesome. This should have been called CT: THE MOVIE! Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

Awesome video. Darrin is a master

Cool! What an achievement 👍

Thanks for sharing, great job!! 😀👍👍👍

So cool to be working with darrin.

Mis saludos y mis respetos para los dos, tremendo capitulo. Muy lindo el sonido de ese motor.

VW air cooled engines are simply a masterpiece of engineering IMHO ❤ 😊

been waitin on this one Man... very cool, vid

Saludos desde Colombia. Gracias. Gracias. Tkd magnífico vudeo

here is a great tip i use when cleaning parts for final assembly put a old alu radiator on a barrel and it works great to let small debri and the cleaning fluid fall away from your parts

I owned a '69 in the early 70's.....I didn't know the valves needed to be adjusted until I burned an exhaust valve. But then learned how to do it....and still have the pro feeler guages.

VWDarrin is the MAN!!!

Id love to learn from this guy

🎉 Nice engine .. Valves are crucial ...Listen to it prrrr

VW Darrin rocks!

Awesome job.

Fun to watch. I got a Tesla Model 3 but still cool to watch. I helped a crew chief for a ASR with a Porsche Engine. My partner in business was going 200 mph on the race track. One thing he learned at driver school at Sears Point Race Way was instructor told him to step on the brakes at top speed. He ended up getting brusing from the safety belt. Hee. Heeee. I had a DAtsun 510 race car and there were these Formula Atlantic Race cars and we both were tuning our cars before the big event. I was amazed at the power of those cars. I saw him on my rear view mirror and so I stuck my fingers out to point where to pass me. Every shift he made was amazing. I watch his rear tire expand and contract. Unless you are a race car drivers most people don’t get that chance. I eventually got into Show room stock C. I had a Ford Fiesta 1600 cc and set the lap record at Sears Point Raceway and Laguna Sega. The trick is to drive smooth and take a late apex. It may be the longest path but the fastest path. The definition of a late apex is to make the largest radius. To truly be a great driver I took classes over $3,000.00 for a two day class in refining my driving skills. It was definitely worth it not only to save your car but to react and drive in a way to not kill yourself. Road Racing Ain’t Cheap. I quit after 4 years after being the best driver and went into extreme snow skiing. I think skiing was more dangerous. Done jumping off plane served as a Medic in Vietnam and everything crazy. I am doing more safer sports like Mix Martial Arts. Age 72

nice good to see it all together

Thanks 💫 so nice to se this!!! Great man✨

WOW Nice job Thanks for sharing....

YEAH YEAH, WE DID 6-8 EVERY WEEKEND ...PULL EM REBUILD EM ... RE INSTALL EM ...

Hi from South Africa. Wow, it's an absolutely amazing engine build. I learned a lot. Darren is an amazing mentor. If I were a jounger, I would have loved to work and learn under his guidance. By the way, what city is this workshop at. Good luck with the installation of this engine and happy riding 😅. Cheers

Great video. I now completely understand nothing. 😂

Hi CT, just rewatching this one because I just picked up a old 40hp to play with. The guy I got it from works or owns a machine shop up north from here and he watches you and Darrin. He loves the channels. He has a 58 bug that he is building a super horsepower motor for it. He has a bunch of VW parts for I know where to get them now. He didn't have a starter though so will need to get one and the setup for starting it on the floor like you guys did. Is that the normal exhaust that curls under the motor that is sits on?

Very cool video.. btw, that wavy washer is called a belleville washer.. 🙂

thank you very much for the video, keep it up👌👍

I built the air cooled vw engines for many years. 40 hp valve clearences .008 intake and .012 exhaust. There was valve clearence variations on some engines if the rocker studs were shorter or deeper into the heads on some older heads. The .004 and .006 were used on 1500 and 1600 motors. Are you building a bus engine? The muffler looks like a bus one.

Great job

27:02 A recomendação para uso do torquímetro é: “Parar no primeiro estalo.” Não é recomendado o double check.

I always used scotch bright pads (red) with dawn dish soap to clean cylinders lightly to knock off the sharp edge , especially on air cooled engines, I did this to all my rebuilds. try it some time, My rebuilds lasted over 25 years and still going, I rebuilt Lots of diesels, I did this to a cat engine that had 700 thousand miles honed the cylinders with dingle berry used cylinders and pistons new rings. the customer said the oil was always cleaner in that engine at oil changes then any other it has 400 thousand miles and still going strong. Try it you'll be amazed , I retired after 35 years.

You lucky guy. I'd love to spend a couple of days with VWDarrin. His videos have helped me build quite a few motors, he's a very clever guy. Soak it in dude.. Also, could you number up your vids in order? It's taken me ages to find them all in the correct order 😂 Keep up the good work mate 😁

Awesome - does anyone know where I can see similar video rebuild of a VW Type 4 engine (i.e. late bay 1975 ish) ?

Awesome video CT very good learning tool👍

Thank you very much. The video is very interesting.

Great job...❤

Great video , nice work

Bravo majstore😂😎

Hi CT, is that motor for one of your other projects? Darrin does super good work on these

Awesome work 👍👍

Super kool video Thanks

Well done my friend. A v /good job.

NICE WORK.👍👍👍🏁🏁🏁

What a dope!

Yea, its way easier to do it before putting halves together!!! But you can put your drive gear in backwards, but thats easy enough to lift and adjust after assembly

Top Job 👍😋

Would like to see you guys work on a Ghia and set it up for street performance.

Good work 👍

17:03 Crankshaft assembly 28:49 Piston install 32:15 Crankshaft Install 37:41 Camshaft Install 38:38 Short block final assembly 45:45 Piston and Jug install 48:33 Wrist pin 52:21 Head install 54:06 Pushrod tubes 1:03:15 Pushrod install 1:04:00 Rocker arms 1:18:52 Oil sending unit 1:29:22 Distributor install 1:36:24 Intake 1:43:25 Firing Order/Plug wire install 1:56:28 Valve Covers 1:58:01 Generator + Fan 2:04:40 Carb install 2:14:55 Clutch 2:17:04 BOIYOIYOIYOIYOING 2:19:27 Run

My brother always raced VW Dune Buggy's,......in mud runs. He would enter 3 times and take 1st, 2nd and 3rd place other racers hated him the fans loved to watch him wheely through the mud pit. The other racers tried to look at his engine to see what 4 barrel carburetor and nitrus he was running. He quit using VW engines because they always spun the same bearings,...it was cylinder 1 or 2, I forget now. But he started using the pinto beam kit using 74 pinto engines,.....titanium bolts and everything else. Then his buggy was untouchable,....Then he also ran in the outlaw class against 4 wheel drives.

No rubber O rings between the two halves????? Love the video.....I have a 36hp How can I get a hold of U??

Good Job

Should put sealant under the lower head stud washers. Also under the rockers.

How lucky are you to get to work next to that legend