Recipe # 49
Derek's 1600
| 1. | Owner | Derek Martin |
| 2. | Email Address | [email protected] |
| 3. | Vehicle Type | 1956 Beetle |
| 4. | Displacement | 1600 |
| 5. | Crankcase | New Brazilian AS-41, full-flowed |
| 6. | Crankshaft | VW reground 69mm welded counterweighted |
| 7. | Connecting Rods | Rebuilt stock |
| 8. | Pistons&Cylinders | New Cima/Mahle 85.5 mm "forged", Teflon buttons |
| 9. | Piston Rings | stock |
| 10 | Camshaft | New, Engle W100 |
| 11 | Cam gears | Stock VW |
| 12 | Cam followers | Scat |
| 13 | Pushrods | Stock, new |
| 14 | Cylinder Heads | New 040, stock size valves, stainless valves, match ported |
| 15 | Rockers | Stock VW 1.1 to 1 |
| 16 | Spark Plugs | Bosch |
| 17 | Exhaust | New, Econo extractor with glasspack |
| 18 | Compression Ratio | 7.7 with 89 octane |
| 19 | Fuel System | Dual Dellorto 36mm DRLA, New CB
performance linkage and manifolds |
| 20 | Fuel Pump | New, stock |
| 21 | Oil Pump | New 26mm Schadek HD, full flow cover |
| 22 | Oil Sump | Stock |
| 23 | Oil Cooler | Stock type 1 doghouse |
| 24 | Ignition | Stock |
| 25 | Distributor | New Bosch 009 |
| 26 | Flywheel | New Brazilian Lightened 200mm |
| 27 | Pulley | Stock size, Aluminium w/ blue degree |
| 28 | Clutch | Daiken super disc |
| 29 | Pressure Plate | New Sachs |
| 30 | Transmission | Stock swing axle from a '61 Beetle,
cleaned up, new seals, boots |
| 31 | Wheels | Stock rims, 135's in front, 165's in rear |
| 32 | Tires | Firestone in front, Dunlop in rear |
| 33 | Max. Horsepower | N/A |
| 34 | Max. Torque | N/A |
| 35 | 0-60mph Time | Uphill or downhill???? Don't care. |
| 36 | 1/4 mile Time | N/A |
| 37 | Engine Mileage | 0, Just finished it. |
| 38 | Cost To Build | approximately $2000 |
| 39 | Purpose | weekender |
| 40 | Comments | I haven't run the engine yet, just
about to put it in my '56 beetle. It has been fun building it and I hope it runs well. |
