Recipe # 1
Chuck's Super Smooth 1641cc
| 1. | Owner | Chuck Kuecker |
| 2. | Email Address | [email protected] |
| 3. | Vehicle Type | 1967 Beetle |
| 4. | Displacement | 1641cc |
| 5. | Crankcase | Original 1500, Align-bored, shuffle pins, case savers, full flowed oiling, cylinder holes decked - all by RIMCO |
| 6. | Crankshaft | 69 mm Bernie Bergmann counterweighted. Entire rotating assembly balanced by RIMCO |
| 7. | Connecting Rods | Bernie Bergmann super - stock VW with Chevy bolts.Weight / CG matched by RIMCO |
| 8. | Pistons&Cylinders | Cima/Mahle forged (really) graphite coated 87mm. Pistons matched by RIMCO |
| 9. | Piston Rings | Stock with cylinders |
| 10 | Camshaft | stock |
| 11 | Cam gears | stock |
| 12 | Cam followers | stock |
| 13 | Pushrods | Stock VW |
| 14 | Cylinder Heads | Stock Brazilian VW - from RIMCO. Combustion chambers CC within a few percent as cast |
| 15 | Rockers | |
| 16 | Spark Plugs | Bosch |
| 17 | Exhaust | Stock VW, with heaters. Heaters work REAL good. |
| 18 | Compression Ratio | Somewhere around 9:1. It needs 93 octane to not ping. |
| 19 | Fuel System | Stock 30 PICT, main jet opened one number drill larger.Stock '67 air cleaner |
| 20 | Fuel Pump | stock |
| 21 | Oil Pump | Berg full-flow |
| 22 | Oil Sump | Stock |
| 23 | Oil Cooler | Stock 1500 VW |
| 24 | Ignition | Pertronix Ignitor, stock VW coil |
| 25 | Distributor | Bosch 009. Timing set to about 30 BTDC at full advance |
| 26 | Flywheel | Stock VW, 8-doweled. Chromoly gland nut |
| 27 | Pulley | Stock VW, marked for TDC and BDC |
| 28 | Clutch | Kennedy |
| 29 | Pressure Plate | Kennedy Stage 1 diaphragm - 1700# |
| 30 | Transmission | Stock '67 Bug, new synchros from Long Enterprises |
| 31 | Wheels | Stock '67 VW |
| 32 | Tires | Cooper 165SR15 |
| 33 | Max. Horsepower | over 60 |
| 34 | Max. Torque | a bunch |
| 35 | 0-60mph Time | quick enough |
| 36 | 1/4 mile Time | also quick enough |
| 37 | Engine Mileage | Over 10,000 miles on the motor since built, with no problems. |
| 38 | Cost To Build | about $2000 all told, for the engine. About $5K total in the car, over 7 years. |
| 39 | Purpose | highway commuter & daily driver |
| 40 | Comments | Lots of torque, quick, reasonably good milage. Top speed over 90, never really tried to peg it yet. Smoothest running motor I ever built. Very minor oil leaks at the pulley and crank seal. (about what you would expect!) |
