{"id":26966,"date":"2023-04-20T19:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=26966"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:04:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T19:04:11","slug":"brand-new-and-reconditioned-vw-air-cooled-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/brand-new-and-reconditioned-vw-air-cooled-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAND NEW AND RECONDITIONED VW AIR-COOLED ENGINES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve always kept a close eye on the varied multi-coloured tapestry that is the huge VW Beetle scene, particularly the engine and performance parts aspects. There are plenty of companies who can make a Beetle engine go faster but there are tuners and there are tuners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One very good who has appeared on my radar lately is <strong>The VW Engine Company<\/strong> of Keston. They can offer you reconditioned units as well as brand-new engines featuring many of their own components. Prices for Type 1 or Type reconditioned \u2018cores\u2019 start at \u00a31974 inc VAT or for their \u2018new\u2019 reconditioned range it\u2019s from \u00a33174 inc VAT. Both of those attract a \u00a3480 inc VAT surcharge refundable on receipt of your old unit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 1979 the company claims to be the UK\u2019s largest manufacturer supplier of reconditioned engines and they certainly spoilt the customer for choice. Spokesperson James Courtney told me: \u201cOur range spans 1940-1990 and includes everything from early fixed pedestal 30bhp units through\u00a0the entire air-cooled era right up to T25 water-boxers. Petrol\u00a0only, no diesel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26967\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1776cc-with-40-idfs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-26967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1776cc-with-40-idfs-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OMG! A glorious brand new air-cooled Veedub engine &#8211; 1776 big bore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u201cPrimarily we supply longblocks, or as some may call\u00a0them \u2018Head-to-Head\u2019 Engines to trade as well as directly to the end user. Our range is available from stock for immediate dispatch and next-day shipping is\u00a0available for the entire UK and Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAdditionally, our onsite workshop can offer customers our extremely popular customised Turnkey Service utilising\u00a0their own ancillaries or if you would prefer, complete ready-to-go new turnkeys. Full supply and fits and engine and vehicle\u00a0servicing is also available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of their engines that has really caught my eye recently is their \u2018new\u2019 1776cc big bore unit using all-new parts. A couple of kitcar manufacturers have just started using these engines so you\u2019ll be hearing about them very soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a real corker and the specification features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Heavy-Duty Autolinea Crank Case to suit Beetle, Type 1 and Type 2<\/li>\n<li>New Big Valve Cylinder Heads with all-new Stainless-Steel valves, springs, tops and collets<\/li>\n<li>New Mild Road Camshaft &amp; new cam gear<\/li>\n<li>New Cam Followers<\/li>\n<li>New AA Piston and Liners 90.5mm<\/li>\n<li>69mm Crankshaft standard size and fitted with New Crank Drive Gears<\/li>\n<li>All New Silverline main, big end and cam bearings<\/li>\n<li>Original Genuine VW Con Rods inspected for twist, alignment and balance<\/li>\n<li>New Small End Bushes<\/li>\n<li>Original Genuine VW Push Rods<\/li>\n<li>Bolt up standard ratio Rocker Gear Assembly<\/li>\n<li>New heavy-duty oil pump<\/li>\n<li>New Stainless Steel push-rod tubes<\/li>\n<li>Full Elring gasket set and NGK spark plugs<\/li>\n<li>New Rocker Covers<\/li>\n<li>New 200mm Flywheel<\/li>\n<li>New Oil Cooler<\/li>\n<li>Supplied with all necessary fitting gaskets.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1600cc-or-1641cc-Turnkey-Engine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1600cc-or-1641cc-Turnkey-Engine-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keenly priced, an engine to this specification using all brand-new parts is priced accordingly so you\u2019ll need \u00a38478 inc VAT to buy one. What won\u2019t be in question though is the 90bhp it produces! Speaking with James on this he tells me that there may well be a more potent version, but that\u2019s for another news item<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also offer a lovely 1641cc version, a big bore with a single carburettor with brand-new ancillaries at \u00a36000 inc VAT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevwenginecompany.com\/\">www.thevwenginecompany.com<\/a> or call them on 0208 692 3326 <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I\u2019ve always kept a close eye on the varied multi-coloured tapestry that is the huge VW Beetle scene, particularly the engine and performance parts aspects. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/brand-new-and-reconditioned-vw-air-cooled-engines\/\" title=\"BRAND NEW AND RECONDITIONED VW AIR-COOLED ENGINES\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}