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I just love the V8 sound coming from a couple V Dub engines[cl[cl
Reminds me of Emerson Fittipaldi's dual VW engine beetle from years back, it was a beast on the track, of course they outlawed it, too dominating....
 

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Anybody know what it produces on a Dyno? Would it out-perform a 283? Sno-pros comment "but it's a 283" just left me thinking there is some low balling going on with the 283. The V double is cool. It sounds good. But being a Chevy fan, I bet a mildly tuned and built 283 would stomp a mudhole in it's air-cooled ass...
 
very cool!!!

I know my buddy. had a vw that he drag raced. it was all vw, I think it was a 2200 0r 2400cc and it when 10.0 in the quarter. it was one mean sounding lawn mower!!
 
Anybody know what it produces on a Dyno? Would it out-perform a 283? Sno-pros comment "but it's a 283" just left me thinking there is some low balling going on with the 283. The V double is cool. It sounds good. But being a Chevy fan, I bet a mildly tuned and built 283 would stomp a mudhole in it's air-cooled ass...

Guys I wasn't knocking this cool ride, just defending sbc...

No need to defend the SBC, smallfoot. I wasn't low-balling a 283, just saying that's a lot of work and money to have a small cubic inch air-cooled engine that very likely underperforms as compared to a built 283 V8. The VW engine is very much for novelty and looks more than it is for performance. I'm building a 283 for my roadster pickup, aiming for more than 1 hp per cube.
 

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