3D 🤯 Analyzing one of the Best-Selling engines in the world. The VW Beetle Air Cooled

In this video we analyze the VW Beetle engine, a machine invented in the 30's and produced for more than 65 years.
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[loudawggvw]

Aircooled owners drop year and model 👇🏽👇🏽69 Baywindow

[thomasgary]

My grandpa bought a VW BEETLE brand new in February of 1959. He drove it every day until he had a stroke in 1984 and could not shift gears anymore. He gave the beetle to my dad and he kept until 1998. At that point dad the beetle to me and I still have it to this day. We estimate that the little beetle has had at least 5 engines. 3 transmissions. A dozen or so clutches. Hundreds of tires. I drive it when the weather is nice. Sometimes I look at it and I'm totally amazed. I can remember Grampa dropping me off at kindergarten in that little car, now I drop my grandkids off in it. Maybe one of them will have it someday. Oh I forgot to mention that we're pretty sure that it has well over a million miles on it.

[wim]

I want to cry, i was a Volkswagen dealer at the time.

[jimwebber]

My first car was a 10-year-old 1958 VW Beetle with the 36 hp engine. I loved that car and maintained it myself. As a young man, it gave me the independence I craved and the versatility I needed. Removing the rear seat back gave me more space in the passenger compartment and reversing the rear wheels gave me a wider stance and a sportier look. Equipped with a surfboard rack, I drover over the Santa Cruz mountains regularly to hit the waves. Years later, a friend was driving it and returned it with a blown valve. It broke off and embedded itself in the top of the piston. I disassembled the engine, hoping for the help of another flaky friend to turn the cylinders so I could reassemble my baby. Long story short, I was left high and dry and had to sell it in pieces for $100. I later saw my old car driving arcing town. Broke my heart! Thanks for this vid!

[troypol]

used to have a '69 and '72 Beetles as daily drivers. Fun little cars.

[dstarfire]

Thanks for the great video. I really appreciate that you explain the benefits and design philosophies behind the engines various features. That makes it great for the folks that folks that don't know much about cars, and but are a little bit curious about everything.

[fredsalter]

Thanks! I had a '68 Bug in high school back in 1984. Loved its simplicity.

[oceanhome]

Some VW factory engineers who visited the USA were absolutely amazed how VW mania had added so many performance upgrades to the engine, to the body and to the handling this was expressed in an Automotive Magazine in Germany and inspired a lot of respect towards American VW aficionados

[privatepilot]

It’s virtually indestructible and ingenious design.

[typograf]

The engine was used on a popular type of very portable fire pump in Denmark by the CF (Civil Protection). It could be carried by two men or equipped with a front wheel moved like a wheelbarrow by one man. It worked!

[yodab.at]

The vacuum advance system actually advances the ignition when cruising and the throttle position is nearly closed. The high vacuum in the inlet manifold pulls the diaphragm and advances the ignition as the mixture has leaned out at this throttle position (lean mixture has a slightly longer burn time).

[peacetrain]

Almost equally iconic is the how-to repair manual, “How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive, The Complete Manual for the Complete Idiot”, published by John Muir. The hand-drawn illustrations by Richard Sealy are as incredible as the animation in this video. Every VW enthusiast must have this great book!

[lunstee]

@4:24 What you indicate as a generator is actually an alternator. Earlier engines did indeed use a generator, while later ones had an alternator; the engine shown in your video is an earlier engine that's been retrofitted.
The generators that were used were either a 90 or 105mm cylinder - roughly the same diameter as the pulley. Alternators use a much larger stator diameter to house the three phases of windings, so the housing has a bulge at the pulley to enclose that. The rest of the housing is still the same diameter as the late (larger) generator so they didn't have to redesign the interface with the fan and fan shroud, and only required a minor modification to the generator stand to serve as an alternator stand.

[cinemaipswich]

I have seen this motor on small trailers with a pump, or compressor, or welder, or generator attached. It is everywhere.

[crosslink]

I had a few of those back in my college days, 1960s models - easy for a 'shadetree' mechanic with basic tool to maintain so it kept my transportation costs low. The only issue I had was overheating on summer drives, so I replaced the original oil cooler under the fan housing with an aftermarket exterior oil cooler mounted on the car's underside in back of the transmission brace and that solved the problem. Great cars if you just wanted basic transportation.

[paulorth]

This was the car of many young soldiers stationed in Germany over the years. A new soldier would buy the car off someone in the unit who was leaving. This hand off technique was used during all 4 of my tours in Europe. Greatest little car in Germany.

[restaurantattheendofthegalaxy]

I’ve built 50+ Type I/Type II motors, I still dream about them in my sleep. The sound is just lovely. My last one was an 1883cc with a few fancy bits. It made ~90hp which was great for my ‘71 Bus. The 6v to 12v switch was in 1967 not 1975 btw.

[lawrencemarocco]

I had an uncle who lived in California who had a home business rebuilding VW engines. The engine was held in by six bolts, He had a "loaner" engine that he would swap into the client's car while he worked on the rebuild. He also would do performance upgrades dealing with carburation, exhaust, pistons for increased compression, valves and other features.

[GeorgeWiman]

This is my favorite of any engine I've ever owned. My slightly modified Beetle would go practically anywhere. I never hesitated to drive it up a mountain fire trail to unknown places. And back in the '70's my father and I built a dune buggy with a shortened beetle frame. With total weight of around a thousand pounds and oversize tires, it seemed limitless. We drove it to Chaco Canyon, NM and explored ruins.

[paoloviti]

When my late father married my Swedish mother, her mother bought him a VW around 1952, was fitted with the traffic lights that popped up and even travelled way down to Tuscany with my little sister as well. Well when I arrived and already decided that the luggage space on top of the engine was my saloon and I had a perfect view around with my toys and my much needed biberon/feeding bottle. Life was cool then 😎 and all I had to do was listening the lovely sound of the the engine to fall asleep! Thanks for sharing this very interesting video 👍 👍👍