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vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:51 am
by veedubh20
After my work, I head down to hawaii import parts and asked for a aircooled vw exhaust gasket that goes on a cylinder head, their are 4 gaskets on a motor. Just need 2 only.
Gasket fits fine.
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 12:15 pm
by burnt_toast
looking for this gasket. there was a thread with a link to oreilly's, but this old thread is only one i found.
anyone remember thread im talking about?
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 12:32 pm
by burnt_toast
this one here
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 8:35 pm
by Meatball
I had a 73' Squareback Type 3 back in the day. Not sure if this link is what youre looking for but here you go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-1973-Type- ... 2548.l4275
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 9:36 pm
by benji
My dad had a square back w a pinto motor, and a 58 karmann ghia slammed on chrome porsche wheels when I was young.
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:54 am
by burnt_toast
benji wrote:My dad had a square back w a pinto motor, and a 58 karmann ghia slammed on chrome porsche wheels when I was young.
pics??
and yup Meatball, that's the ones.
Ended up going to a VW buggy shop, and they hooked it up with 4 different types of those same gaskets for $2bucks! Gonna try to use em to mate up a Tecnigas pipe to stock bore on the ZX50
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:23 am
by Meatball
I have better pics, need to resize them
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:28 am
by Meatball
Sold it years ago. I know where it is. Thinking of buying it back someday.
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:49 pm
by burnt_toast
now that there's a sweet ride. like a mini wagon, i like it.
so what is the engine configuration on those, compared to beetle? & fwd right?
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:35 pm
by Wheelman-111
Greetings:
Nope! Telltale louvers over the rear wheel-wells show the conventional rear-axle location of the air-cooled Boxer 4. 1500 or 1600 ccs. At the time, a whopping 48HP seemed enough.
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:11 pm
by benji
Wheelmans right- they were called "type 3's" and had a flatter topped version of a bug motor. Also came in "notch-back" and "fast-back" body styles. Very similar suspension as the bugs. I wish I had picks of my dad's v-dubs but those days are long gone...
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:12 pm
by benji
We had a 65 bug that was 1200cc and 36hp
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:44 pm
by Meatball
It was a 1600cc...This peticular car was featured in "Hot VWs" magazine back in its hey day. The shaved door handles really made it unique since it wasn't done much back then. I got looks everywhere I went and plenty of thumbs ups on the road. It made a simple trip to the gas station turn into an hour long conversation with the guy next to me. I want to buy it back from its current owner and restore it since they've neglected it over the years. This time Id drop a Type 4 motor in it since they had more cc's and are an easy swap.
Re: vw air-cooled gaskets for dio bbk.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:51 pm
by Meatball
benji wrote:We had a 65 bug that was 1200cc and 36hp
I went to a car show last Summer where they had a mobile Dyno. You could buy two runs for $50. I watched car after car do runs at 400, 500 almost 700hp. Then I saw the guy pull up with a VW Beetle that was a "Herbie" replica and do a run....everyone cheered when he turned the drum at a whopping 48hp...
