recipe 34

1.	Owner	Tad Gaulke
2.	Email Address	[email protected]
3.	Vehicle Type	'71 Super Beetle
4.	Displacement	1776
5.	Crankcase	New (in '89) Mexican AS21, drilled and tapped for full flow
6.	Crankshaft	Stock cross-drilled, forged, VW, welded counterweights by Gene Berg Ent.
7.	Connecting Rods	VW 311B, shot-peened
8.	Pistons&Cylinders	Cima 90.5mm
9.	Piston Rings	Cima, Total Seal mod. 2nd ring
10	Camshaft	Berg 309 cam (Engle V-26) 296 deg. dur., .335" lift at cam (.469 lift at valve)
11	Cam gears	Berg
12	Cam followers	Berg modified, clearanced and grooved
13	Pushrods	Berg 3/8" chomoly, 80,000 psi
14	Cylinder Heads	VW 040 castings, p&p by Clyde Berg in '89; hemi cut (chambers measure 60 cc's), dual springs, stock valves (35.5x32), match ported manifolds.
15	Rockers	Berg 1.4:1
16	Spark Plugs	Bosch W8AC
17	Exhaust	Early Berg prototype 1 5/8" merged heater box system, with dual quiet pack mufflers.
18	Compression Ratio	7.5:1 (.040" deck), 92 oct. gas, approx. 22 mpg
19	Fuel System	Dual Berg modified Weber 42 DCNF carbs
20	Fuel Pump	Stock
21	Oil Pump	Schadek 30mm
22	Oil Sump	Berg 1 1/2 qt.
23	Oil Cooler	Stock OEM doghouse
24	Ignition	Stock
25	Distributor	Bosch 009
26	Flywheel	Stock forged steel, lightened to 12 lbs.
27	Pulley	Original aluminum Santana, stock sized
28	Clutch	Berg "trick" street disc
29	Pressure Plate	KEP 1700 lb
30	Transmission	'73 single side cover case, 4.37 r&p, 3.78 1st; 2.06 2nd; 1.32 3rd; .89 4th. Has original cast iron Crown Super-Diff with 11-tooth spiders; Super Beetle mainshaft modified back to keyed configuration to accept older keyed 3rd gear.
31	Wheels	American Racing 5 1/2" wide, 15" dia. "Riviera" style
32	Tires	Nankang 135's up front, Perelli P600 195 65 15's in rear
33	Max. Horsepower	Seat-of-the-pants guestimation (judging from riding in other people's cars), about 100 at 5600 rpm.
34	Max. Torque	No clue
35	0-60mph Time	No idea
36	1/4 mile Time	Ditto
37	Engine Mileage	Depends on how you look at it. Case has close to 100k miles on it without being touched, have only replaced bearings once (at about 40k miles because cam went flat), heads have been freshened up twice, but other than that have the same number of miles as the case.
38	Cost To Build	Talking engine only here now: According to prices in '89, about $2500. At today's prices it would be about a grand more than that.
39	Purpose	To-and-from-work ride
40	Comments	My goal from the get-go was to build the most reliable high performance 1776 with stock valves (had to have heat and that meant stock heater boxes) that money could buy. I accomplished this. After 13 years and almost 100k miles, this engine has been an absolute joy to drive and maintain. As a daily driver, I couldn't be happier. It makes horsepower from idle all the way to 6000 rpm. Since I added the 1 5/8" exhaust I picked up a couple more ponies up high, and I can really feel the cam "come on" at about 4000 rpm. As a low maintenance, high performance daily driver, I'd recommend this combo to anyone!