Time for a better Engine
Ok the stock 1500 single port just wasn't cutting it. So I went with something a little bigger. My father-n-law is an avid vw guy and knows his stuff so with his help I built this 1915 engine.
On the work bench, The tin and carbs are just sitting there not bolted on yet.
Close-up of the engine in the rail.
NEW ENGINE SPECS:
1965 type1
1915 cc
Stock vw rods
94mm mahle big bore pistons & cylinders
69mm counterweighted crank
Engle 110 cam
Melling full flow oil pump
Gex 042, 40x35.5 valve heads
Stock vw rockers w/ swivel adjusters
Bosch 009 distributor
Dual kadron carbs
1 5/8 tee-pee exhaust