Guys!
Just found some clues to the AV code!
Some sources claim it to come from a VW Thing.
Asad
Karachi
Pakistan.> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:02:01 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Bus engine ID and some
questions.> > Before anyone gets excited that's just a typo -> 85.5x69 yields
1584.6cc, not 1548 ;)> Every `75-`79 FI engine I can recall encountering used>
the "AJ" AS21 alloy case. > The way I remember it, AH and AK were just `72-`74>
8mm-head-stud variants of the `71 AE AS41 case - no> difference between
them...AH engines met California> emissions standards, but plenty of them were
sold> outside of CA (at least on the west coast).> > --- Bert Knupp <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Hi, Asad,> > > > Well, I dug out my files and got one
of your> > answers, but not the other.> > > > First, the AF engine was a 1600
made from 8/1970> > through 12/1977.> > > > The chart shows it had a measured
displacement of> > 1548 cc (85.5 bore, 69 mm> > stroke). It put out 46 DIN hp
(PS) at 4000 rpm. > > Its CR was only 6.6:1. It> > only produced 9.8 mkg of
torque at 2600 rpm. Maybe> > somebody else on the> > list knows what markets it
was sold in. (For> > example, my AH engine was a> > California-only engine used
in 1971-76 models only.)> > > > None of my lists, all from German sources,
shows an> > AV engine. The A- often> > identifies a 1302/1302 (long-nose or
"Super Beetle"> > model). An AJ engine> > appeared on some 1975 beetles.> > > >
I hope some of the other list guys can help with the> > other information.> > >
> Grüße from Nashville,> > > > Bert Knupp> > > > > > > > > > > > Hello!> > > >
> > I searched around on the samba engine code> > > lists but the AF engine was
not listed.> > > > > > I have seen another engine with the code AV.> > > Not on
thesamba either. It was said to be a 1600> > by> > > the scrap yard guy. Came
with single port heads> > and> > > was taken off a 66 beetle. The Bug had been>
> grounded> > > for long and the motor was very very dirty. The> > guys> > >
tore it to a shortblock to inspect and found all> > > things to be in great
shape. The Big end bearings> > > had VW part numbers and interestingly an
elephant> > > embossed on!> > > > > > Any info on the AV code?? And whats an> >
elephant> > > doing in a VW engine???> > > > > >
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