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Recipe # 44

Martin's Pure Fun 1970

1. Owner Martin Magnia
2. Email Address [email protected]
3. Vehicle Type Type 3 Fastback
4. Displacement 1970cc
5. Crankcase VW type 3 case opened to accept 90.5/92 cylinders, Full-flowed and cut for sand seal
6. Crankshaft DMS 74 stroke counter weighted, nitrated, 8 doweled also Balanced and Blueprinted
7. Connecting Rods VW rods Balanced and blueprinted
8. Pistons&Cylinders Cima 92mm
9. Piston Rings Total seal rings
10 Camshaft Norris 407 s
11 Cam gears Stock 356 cam gear
12 Cam followers Bigfoot lifters
13 Pushrods Chromoly rods--scat
14 Cylinder Heads Dual port 044 heads, ported and polished by D. Bergan of Fresno CA
15 Rockers Stock ratio rockers on Solid Auto craft rocker shafts
16 Spark Plugs NGK plugs
17 Exhaust Phoenix exhaust flanged; j-tubes also flanged Flowmaster muffler …Entire system Jet-coated
18 Compression Ratio 8.5:1
19 Fuel System Dellorto Carbs 40mm with "shorty manifolds" to keep under the deck lid….Carbs are custom jetted by Petersen Performance -Selma CA
20 Fuel Pump Electric Fuel pump
21 Oil Pump VW 30mm oil pump modified for full flow system
22 Oil Sump Scat 1.5 oil sump
23 Oil Cooler Stock VW type 3 oil cooler
24 Ignition High rev points
25 Distributor 009
26 Flywheel Stock weight 8 doweled
27 Pulley Stock
28 Clutch Kuch-loc
29 Pressure Plate Kennedy 1700lb
30 Transmission Stock Type 3
31 Wheels Porsche "cookie cutter" fully polished
32 Tires 195/60r15
33 Max. Horsepower n/a
34 Max. Torque n/a
35 0-60mph Time n/a
36 1/4 mile Time n/a
37 Engine Mileage Currently about 5k on motor
38 Cost To Build I stopped adding up the receipts all ago
39 Purpose This is a summer daily driver…toy
40 Comments I built this motor using all stock T3 parts and it hides nicely under the engine lid....I have nothing but pure enjoyment from this motor…. I do have problems with the stock fan and pulley sometimes (I have tossed them off before) but other than that no problems. I have driven this car all up and down the West Coast from Seattle to LA and out to Idaho also.

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