aye, I have worked on a few different v-dub engines for him in the past,
and they are really amazing engines really, for what they were originally.
i still cant get my head round the model numbers for ally cases and magnesium cases, but have worked on both...
as i seem to have a story on most things, one engine my son had in his "rat look" cabrio, was indeed a 1600 plus "beatle challenge cup" racing engine..now that revved like no other v-dub I`ve ever heard, and breathed through a holley twin barrel carb...
exhaust came out the side @ rear via an "empi" exhaust, but very little in the way of silencing!
never seen many other v-dubs lay rubber like that one did!
but oh, the fun we had driving it......lol..outragous is just one way to describe it..
then we had the army style baja saloon,
then we had.......lol..
Our life is V-Dubs, scooters and for me, my old disco oil burner...the only rubber that burns is the exhaust straps, or wiring at times..