Vw Beetle Engine Size Chart

All vw engine sizes are in cc.

Vw beetle engine size chart. While it may look similar to the novice several key features show an evolution in size and horsepower. Alphanumeric volkswagen engine codes were stamped on vw engine cases at time of car manufacture to convey information about the size and specs of the engine. The volkswagen air cooled engine is an air cooled boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast iron cylinders cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons magnesium alloy crankcase and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods. Previous owner don t know either and i can t find any vw mechanics or enything in the internet.

Check your buggy s chassis serial number a k a. Your vw chassis serial number vin can be found on top of the frame s. From 1938 to 1980 the vw beetle carried this style of motor. Vw engine letter codes and serial number information type 1 engine information type 1 vehicle models.

We have several different styles of vw type 1 crankshafts avaialable for your vw bug dune buggy woods buggy or sand rail they start at a stock 69mm stroke and go up to 90mm stroke. Before liters became the typical unit for measuring engine displacement cubic inches was the standard way of determining engine size. All bore and stroke sizes are in mm. Beetle super beetle karmann ghia thing code year engine notes 1 pre jan 1956 25hp 36hp read more.

Rather than doing the math yourself check out this handy engine conversion chart that will tell you the cubic inches cubic centimeters and liters of popular engine sizes. Vw beetle type 1 vin chassis and engine serial numbers 1948 1979 not sure of the model year of your vw based buggy s chassis and or engine. Engine calculator this form is designed to help you figure out engine specs for all engine types not just vw. Other models shared the same engine with the beetle.

To determine the deck height required for a 2007cc engine with a compression ratio of 8 5 1 and cylinder heads with a combustion chamber volume of 56cc plug in the following numbers. Vehicle identification number or vin using the vw vin decoder table below. This chart gives you an idea of what size vw type 1 engine you can build based on your engines crankshaft stroke and piston and cylinder bore. Because vw offered multiple engine sizes and made changes to their engines independently of model changes they used engine codes instead of relying on vin numbers for this purpose.

Just bought my first 1969 vw beetle and i would like to do some work on the engine but i don t know what size engine is in there. This chart shows many common vw beetle piston and cylinder sizes and common vw bug stock and stroker crankshaft sizes. I been told that it is not the original engine and that it looks like a 1600cc. Variations of the engine were produced by volkswagen plants worldwide from 1936 until 2006 for use in volkswagen s own vehicles notably the type 1 beetle.