| Make | Model | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Porsche | 914 | 1970-1976 |
| Volkswagen | Beetle | 1961-2003 |
| Brasilia | 1974-1982 | |
| Fastback | 1966-1973 | |
| Karmann Ghia | 1961-1974 | |
| Safari | 1971-1980 | |
| Squareback | 1966-1973 | |
| Thing | 1973-1974 | |
| Transporter | 1961-1988 | |
| Type 2 | 1963-1974 | |
| Type 3 | 1961-1973 | |
| Type 4 | 1972-1973 |
How to Rebuild VW Air-Cooled Engines: 1961-2003 by S-A Design®. This book covers rebuilding the VW Type 1, 2, and 3 engines beginning in 1961, when a significant redesign improved the basic initial design. Step-by-step color photos provide in-depth, hands-on rebuilding information, while engine model types, identification codes, specifications, and details help the user source a good candidate for rebuilding or retrofitting. This service manual by Access Tools provides the most comprehensive repair information in paper format available on the market. This manual is produced using the highest quality printer available.
| Pages: 144 Pieces |
| Size: 8.5" x 11" |
| Format: Paperback |
| Illustrations: 584 color photos |
| Publisher: CarTech |
| ISBN: 9781613254332 |
Rebuild your Volkswagen's air-cooled engine with confidence and get your beloved boxer back on the road.
How to Rebuild VW Air-Cooled Engines: 1961-2003 offers beautiful color photos with insightful step-by-step captions for expertly rebuilding Volkswagen air-cooled engines and provides in-depth, hands-on information for disassembly, inspection, machining, parts selection, preassembly, final assembly, installation, and tuning.
Not only are the procedures for rebuilding covered in depth but engine model types, identification codes, specifications, and details are also covered in a manner that allows the user to source a good later-model candidate for rebuilding and helps retrofit the modern engine designs into earlier chassis.
This resource focuses on the VW Type 1, 2, and 3 engines beginning in the year 1961, when a significant redesign improved the reliability, durability, and horsepower of the basic initial design. For more than 70 years, automotive enthusiasts and the public in general has embraced the VW air-cooled engine for its simplicity, its capacity to be modified, and its bulletproof reliability.
One of the most widely used and versatile internal combustion engines in the world, this engine has powered VW Beetles, Buses, Porsche 914s, off-road buggies and rails, formula race cars, and many other machines both on and off-road. From 1938 until 2003, more than 21 million Beetles equipped with an air-cooled rear-mounted engine were produced.
If you have any interest in reviving your old VW, or perhaps are researching the purchase of one, this handy guide will cover all the bases in bringing that old air-cooled powerplant back to life.
Prescott Phillips
Prescott Phillips has been building stock and high-performance Volkswagen engines and transmissions since 1981. A semiretired Journeyman Tool and Die Maker, he always strives for perfection and has the reputation for building strong, reliable powerplants. His love for drag racing and Volkswagens led him to build some of the fastest Beetles in the Midwest. Prescott's team, Underdog Racing, was formed in 1994 and campaigned an all-motor 11-second 1956 Oval Window Bug for many years. In 2008, Prescott built a 10-second 1960 VW Pro Stock Beetle to campaign in the ECPRA series and has done rather well. Recently, he built a 1953 street-legal Drag Bug to race in the 2017 Hot Rod Drag Week and finished off the grueling 1,000-mile, 5-racetrack week with a best ET of 12.45 at 106 mph, averaging more than 20 mpg!
S-A Design® is the brand name for a line of books owned by CarTech, Inc. that has been one of the leading publishers of how-to automotive titles for the hardcore enthusiast since 1993. S-A Design provides over 100 titles available for the enthusiast in a wide variety of formats – from print to digital to video. S-A Design publishing efforts include its traditional performance "S-A Design" titles along with race histories, biographies of industry icons, as well as a number of series that further assist readers with their projects. Many of these books have gained wide recognition as "the bible" of high performance engine design and assembly.