I Traded a Car for an untested 160HP Volkswagen Engine, Will It Run?

a friend of mine had this 2275 cc built out vw engine that he got while buying two cars, he had it in his barn for 8 years and never ran it. so We came up with a trade of an early vw beetle that he wanted to build and I was looking for a large engine for what I want to build on the condition the engine was in good. well let's find out how that goes in this video.

[@sspnugen]

Everyone should work on a VW engine just to appreciate how simple it is

[@Beardest_Fishing]

In the big picture it’s simple but at the level that engine is at it’s not. They are very finicky to synchronize the carbs, set and maintain crank end play and cooling with such big bores and thin jug wall thickness. They are truly an engineering marvel though.

[@Stroke-it-2-Handed]

I remember being able to buy an entire overhaul kit for them for less than $150. And it literally had everything you'd need to completely rebuild one.

[@patricklunn6142]

Technically in the 60's you could do that for every car on the road. Inflation is a bitch lol.​

[@Stroke-it-2-Handed]

@patricklunn6142 Yeah, maybe, but I was born in the 70's.

[@Prestone44]

If I may say so... In terms of simplicity, it is in competition with the air-cooled flat twin of the Citroën 2CV.

[@aarongrabowski3775]

I love Mustie’s little giggle when he gets something running.

[@jarikinnunen1718]

Don`t you know that man is honestly happy when he get engine run?😄

[@edlippjr]

good part of why we all come back! lol

[@francisrizzo1529]

it's my favorite part of every Mustie video. I usually yell like Steve The Pirate "YARRRHAAAH!" when I get something started again...

[@bryanm1201]

Every time he chuckles I chuckle

[@bryanm1201]

It really does show

[@edmclaughlin4923]

It's great to see him excited about stuff. He really wanted this engine to be a good one. By 48:59 he is like a kid in a candy shop. This man deserves a little fun!

[@nordicresilience]

Was thinking exactly the same 😀 The excitement and joy is really contagious!

[@jarhead9690]

When I was stationed in Hawaii, '91-'94, I would see Beetles with that motor beat big blocks at the drag strip. I couldn't believe it. Awesome motors!

[@jerryberryhill3619]

I still can't believe Crusty is the same little truck I used to work on at our sevice station on Brooks Rd in Memphis, TN back in the late 70's.

[@stephenhenion8304]

Life sure has some funny twists and turns! My first beetle went to the crusher in 1981...

[@Frank-Thoresen]

How did you find out that Crusty was in the hands of Mustie1? I know you identified the vehicle from the painted door emblems

[@vayabroder729]

Breather looks like a Gene Berg unit; good stuff. Heads are big valve CB 044s. If you have chromoly pushrods valves can be adjusted at zero lash. I suggest reversing the valve covers so that the breather nipples are towards the transaxle side of the engine; cleaner to run the hoses on the rear part of the motor rather than the front.

[@PaulRansonArt]

Sounds sweet. Some nice parts ( O44 heads and MSD ignition with twin 44 Webbers ) I built a 1776cc years ago which was such a nice engine. That little extra time setting up and balancing everything made for a super smooth drive with a bit of pep too. I bet that car and engine have long since been crushed so its nice to see you still having fun and saving a few - Paul 😃😃

[@tolbaszy8067]

30:00 "Do you want to just dribble some fuel down the carbs?" Of course, YOU do! Your conversational ability on video is exceptional! Thanks for letting us into the shop to watch! I promise I won't touch anything!

[@A.T.C.]

Pure satisfaction watching Musties smirk on his face followed by his patented giggle when an engine fires

[@gerry-p9x]

Sadistic yet satisfying cackle😅😅😅😅

[@Paul-FrancisB]

Good afternoon everyone watching, from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧

[@Greg_Watchorn]

Good morning from Kildare Ireland

[@Mr_Yorkie]

Afternoon from a soggy West Yorkshire

[@davidfirth6535]

Afternoon, foggy, wet East Yorkshire.

[@jesscourt9068]

I was born there!

[@mikebeatstsb7030]

Hey Lincolnshire UK. It's London UK here... Lovely day 👋

[@Inisfad]

Your intended sleeper VW with all its rust, holes in floorboards, etc., makes me smile. That’s pretty much what my daily driver looks like….except with a great running stock engine.

[@MostlyInteresting]

@@Inisfad let's hope he's got a better chassis to swap it to than the one that's on

[@gerry-p9x]

Yeah that too much HP FOR THAT SUSPENSION. TRANNY😮😮😮​@@MostlyInteresting

[@graemeblair9801]

The laugh whenever an engine kicks over is pure joy!

[@Military-Museum-LP]

The headers are worth allot. High flow big tube. This engine looks built.

[@kevinsellsit5584]

Notthing turns my crank like a big ol' set of downdrafts on a torque monster...but it is 4:30 AM and that means work. I'll check back in after any catastrophes have been minimized.

[@Ajaxaxxess]

That was the 1st thing i thought too man.

[@mindeloman]

And those are CB 044 heads too. Someone spent some money on this build. Probably 40mm intake valves.

[@RoccoSmith-oi2ii]

Back in the 70’s I bought a basket case ‘59 and in the 6 months it took to get a clear title I found an old gentleman who had every part imaginable in his basement in NHP NY what a great time I had getting it on the road. First week someone clipped me and destroyed it. So please video every aspect of the rebuild .

[@echobeefpv8530]

I was a little concerned with those 50's compression at the start, but it cleared up nice !! Good trade ! Thanks for the video.

[@saschazimmer]

Finally, some Volkswagen content, including flying mouse stuff. But how sophisticated they were alredy in 1957 -- they could build invisible motors!

[@KC-nd7nt]

I smiled and giggled a bit when it fired . Lovely show . Taught me a few things a didnt know before . Thx brother . Baltimore, MD

[@MrPNutt]

Sunday awesomeness, brought to you by Mustie1!

[@snowdogs59]

The sound of Mustie chuckling after an engine starts up on a Sunday morning never gets old.

[@MrButtonpresser]

A classic Mustie1 episode with some VW engine analysis. Fantastic!

[@emilywitteck6658]

One of the first cars I ever worked on was a 74’ bug. Watching your videos is seriously one of the only reasons I had the guts to start that project and so many others. Thank you for teaching so many of us and letting us have fun learning along side you ❤

[@davidhart2439]

Happy to see the engine come around. Will be fun to see Mustie driving the sleeper.

[@MrLangDog]

That is probably the smoothest VW engine I've ever seen running out of the car. Nice !!

[@wheelhousegarage2940]

Have been making me want to get into older vws everytime I watch one of these videos! Thank you Great video

[@ManxAndy]

Good afternoon Mustie Crew 👍👌🇮🇲😉

[@himont2213]

Just my opinion… but I feel that the truck (Crusty) that brought that engine home and held it while we all got to bask in its VW glory, rightfully deserves that beast of a power plant.

[@Kimdino1]

NO! Not at all. Krusty is Krusty. A Lreal classic. Let it remain that way, a historic vehicle true to itself and of value. Turning Krusty into a hopped up beast would make it worthless and ruin it. Krusty is a solid reliable workhorse that shows just how good that factory engine was. Let is remain that way. Now if Musty was to put that engine in his Kharman Ghia, a true sports car, that might be another matter.

[@bmac72]

Looking forward to seeing more of this engine and Fruity Pebbles.

[@stephanieluigon5192]

I owned a number of 914s and did a build on the last one, which was a 916 look alike. This was about 1994 or 95. Started with the '73 2.0 and added 96mm jugs and a cam, balanced , dual Dellortos, an external oil cooler with Melling high flow pump etc. and had the heads done out in California. It made a fair amount of HP. A leaking needle and seat led to hydraulic lock up and a bent valve, which was my fault for not driving it enough, but it was some fun when it was right. I'm older now, forgotten most of what I knew (which wasn't much!) and really enjoy seeing someone who still loves the old air cooled VW engines. Thanks!

[@edkennard72]

Thank you for taking the time to film this. I truly enjoy your enthusiasm because I remember working on these with my dad when I was younger and with my brother. Oh my gosh my dad used to stand back and let my brother and I put the motor up inside. I usually was on the bottom pushing up while my brother was bolting everything up and my dad was like an orchestra leader directing everything. We learned an awful lot about BW engines and watching this video. I've even learned more. Thank you so much!Musti

[@fonhollohan2908]

She's a Runner! nice!... It does sound awesome, she's a beast! perfect motor for a nice sleeper build. Cheers Darren.

[@chrisfrench8323]

Always nice to see you work on old VW engines.

[@kenstrayhorn5923]

First cool morning (55F) of an early fall in central NC farm country - greetings to all Mustie fans!

[@garycousino]

Chatham Co. NC here

[@joedirt5378]

54 in Kansas and greeting

[@Cartier_specialist]

Oklahoma City was 54 degrees so I guess the unexpected cool front was fairly widespread. Meanwhile in California and Arizona I believe they're still suffering from stifling heat in the triple digits.

[@tonym6326]

Feels great in eastern NC too fellow tarheel :)

[@tcapo514]

Yuma, AZ Sunny 110°F°C Precipitation: 15% Humidity: 12% Wind: 6 mph

[@chuckbaynham7222]

Thank you for the effort with checking rotor position at TDC before attempting to start. I after watch KZbinrs not do that and proceed to melt the starter trying to get it to run. My son tells me they do that to get algorithm advantage when viewers smash the keyboard yelling at them. Thanks for doing it right.

[@Charger1908]

That pulsing you are seeing in the exhaust is called reversion. It’s normal with big cammed engines it has do with overlap.

[@111000100101001]

But it sure doesn’t sound like it has much of “a cam”, at least a lot of duration, maybe just a bunch of overlap for midrange punch.

[@theodorgiosan2570]

​@@111000100101001Flat 4s don't usually make much of a different sound with a big cam. But I don't have experience with VWs, only pushrod Subaru engines. My daily driver 1.6 Subaru EA71S with a 310/310 cam and 12:1 compression idles fairly smoothly and the only difference in sound is that it's more crackly and sounds like it has a slight misfire at idle. But it has to idle at 1200 RPM or it stalls out. So that could be why.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Congratulations! 🎉 That's quite a beast of an engine. Glad to see you feeling better. Always nice to see good ol' Crusty. I watched the great series about it at least 3 times over the years. Best regards, luck and health in particular.

[@joefin5900]

In the late '60's, Porsche motors were cheap up in New England so the boys and I used to swap them into the bugs we had.All these years later, I'm teaching my 14 year old grandson how to work around a 1973 914 and ignore his cell phone. He's replaced the rear discs, calipers, hard brake lines and bled the system. Teach your children well....

[@matthiasmartin1975]

So they cost less than 20k a pop back then? Hard to believe.

[@gerry-p9x]

​@@logicthought24dad dragged is down to the truck shopp and at 8. Yrs old I was cleaning batt terminals and upper hoses on Chevys....tried to change a dizzy cap and found out the wires had to go back in the right order....oooooops

[@mefairo]

@@matthiasmartin1975 yeah i also cant imagine it but i am german and my uncle told me many times that inflation in germany was too high that dolar,sterlin etc was really strong against deutsche mark, kids at college could buy porsche thats why at woodstock festival there was so many kids driving them... really their all grandsons are millioneres now :D

[@francisouellette5938]

​@@logicthought24and then some... Something properly working is mostly boring to me. I love making old engines come back to life. It's so rewarding.

[@afonsodomingos5625]

Nice aproach. I m a new dad my Son has 7 months now. I plan to teach my son to work on this old vws. Lets see what future has to me. Afonso from Portugal.

[@Mprikiman]

I love Crusty, he has character! And of course it runs like a clock :D

[@johnbeltron8787]

I will never understand the attraction but totally enjoy your posts,even the VW ones.Thank you!😂

[@Hjerte_Verke]

That's too bad. I like ALL engines and the sound of them.

[@darrinrentruc6614]

If you have ever had and wrenched on an old VW then you would understand.

[@Beardest_Fishing]

Watching as I type this so ignore if I should have watched it through. Your compression isn’t going to be a “true” reading if that’s a legitimate 2275cc. I’ve built and ran a ton of these from 1835 to 2275 and bigger. If it’s fresh and not ran your rings aren’t going to be seated yet but the compression and the issue you saw with the sunflower seeds moving both ways in the exhaust is going to be the overlap in the cam. We used several different grinds but most of them had enough overlap in the valve event timing you never got a good compression reading. I’d run it for a bit in a “break in” procedure and then beat the brakes off it and have fun!

[@utooobur]

I was thinking rings weren't seated also. When he removed the rocker covers it looked like that engine was never run for even a second. Also, in my opinion, the valve seating story doesn't fly since most of the valves would have been closed not allowing rust to form preventing them from closing. The compression would not have been so consistent through all four cylinders. Most likely at least one cylinder would have had good compression. When he cranked that engine it was the first time those rings were introduced to the cylinder walls. IMHO.

[@captainchicken8983]

seeing the way the plugs looked when he got it, it probably had 2 heat cycles on it for cam and crank break in, but it seems like no one did any quick WOT whacks to get the rings fully seated. scored on a clean and good sounding lil air cooled there though, i could eat dinner under those valve covers lol

[@Brian-wy7ts]

I also think spinning it over faster with the throttle blades open could give a better compression reading

[@johnt.848]

I was going to say it doesn't look like a Beetle engine due to the design of the block, possibly a type 2 Case. I built a 2180 Engine years ago that was fast and loud and used a Rhino Case I imported which was custom made for clearance internally, it had a stroker crank and large pistons and barrels etc. I did a lot of the machine work myself including extra clearancing and lightening the flywheel.

[@vayabroder729]

This one is a universal Type I case; that can be used as a powerplant in Type I, II and III.

[@OldTooly]

I collected , built and modified VW's from the late 50's to the late 60's. I had so many different engine mods, but nothing like this monster. I was more interested in maximum fuel economy , with some added performance qualities as well. I really hit the mark with an old 1200cc, with a 1375 kit, a Pict 19 carb , high compression (I never actually calculated it but it was a bit too high with .060 milled off the heads) , extractor exhaust and everything else stock. On the first road trip after break-in I went from Kansas City to a small town in Michigan. The car was a 1964 Karman Ghia with excellent aerodynamics. When I passed St Louis and the fuel gauge had barely moved, I got out and wiggled the fuel gauge cable and it was working. I ended up getting 65 mpg overall. And that little sucker was fast. Big downside, high octane fuel was required and that reduced the economics. Another mod I did was added a heat recycler (EGR type), which further added to the high octane requirements. It was my own design that used the intake manifold heat pipes (push me pull you factory setup) and tapped into it with a 1/4" OD copper tube which I wrapped around the exposed intake manifold neck below the carb and then plumbed into the manifold right at the base of the carb. The restriction of the exhaust flow barely changed the fuel air ratio at normal running speeds, but the vaporization of the fuel was fabulous. It ran for 3 years with all kinds of driving but eventually cracked a ring on one cylinder and I retired the entire project. I sure loved this video and it's my first time here. Thanks so much for the great content.

[@Hjerte_Verke]

Great story! Lot of info there on what you had to do and whats costs were tallied for that kind of performance.

[@StevenEverett7]

Great video Mustie. I do hope you're feeling better!

[@darylnicklen3685]

Thanks Mustie. Dazza from Australia looks like you made a good deal that engine sounds like it would make a nice sleeper. Glad it came around thought by the looks of the entire package it would be strange for compression to remain that low on all 4 cylinders.

[@larryalexander4833]

Good Sunday morning to everyone. Thanks Mustie for another video and the wrenching 🛠️🪛 Jesus Christ is the answer everyone 🙏✝️💪

[@larryd.214]

Good Morning Mr. Mustie! Always glad to see you on Sunday morning. Also, always enjoy the VW action when it pops up on the channel. Glad you got a runner there! Love the classic Mustie maniacal laugh when an engine kicks off for the first time!!

[@johnapel2856]

Fantastic! Swing axle car with 100+ horsepower can sometimes be..."interesting". You KNOW Mustie will make it interesting! Thanks for another great video!

[@t.w.3]

What a nice sounding engine! Will be amazing to see it in the multicolor sleeper.

[@Hjerte_Verke]

"Fruity Pebbles". It's a kids' cereal

[@PapaDutch]

Sheisse - you are a dyed in the wool "VOLKSWAGENEER" I love it! I played with them too

[@keithf8890]

That bug looks a brave project,good luck.All the best.

[@shawnlowell4522]

Owyah she sounds healthy , there VW shops that can do some amazing things with them lil engines ..can't wait to see it installed an ran!!

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

A friend of mine from high school has always had VWs. In HS he had a 62 with the rag top sun roof. The car wasn't the best choice for upstate NY winters. I can remember freezing my azz off going hunting and the front end freezing up from snow building up on it. After HS he built a high performance engine for it . I think that one disassembled itself. The last I knew he had a bus he made into a camper

[@goptools]

Nice! Swaps are always fun. That engine sure doesn't sound like a stock VW Beetle. I took a small piece of copper sheet metal and drilled a hole through it for such occasions that I need a good ground. I then bolt that into some solid metal part and connect my ground wires to it. That reduces the ground wire falling off problem.

[@billro6665]

good morning all from MI

[@melchristian8876]

Good morning 🌅

[@SMKreitzer1968]

Thanks for the shop time Mustie1! Great show today!

[@tattoos1988]

Once again a mustie video and a cuppa with some bickies lol big hello from London uk 🇬🇧

[@kevinisaac9139]

great video that engine a beast glad to have you back on the tools

[@drf-1382]

When performing a compression test, make sure the throttle is open. If the carb on the right side is fully closed it can’t suck air and will give a lower reading. I know from experience.

[@robertheinkel6225]

He did lock the throttle wide open before doing the test. The cross linkage opened up all the carbs.

[@nudebaboon4874]

@Mustie1 What I've seen Elderly Iron do to regain compression and decrud any valve seats is, weld a air fitting onto an old spark plug, attach the airline and then with the cylinder on compression stroke, tap the top of the valves until no air can be heard escaping. That engine sounds great btw.👍

[@garrykellogg3215]

Time to make a light that can be attached to the Oil Pressure Sensor so you don't need to make the EXXON Valdese Oil Spill. 16:48 At least they are all consistent. 21:12 It just needs a few 'Heat-Cycles', it'll come around. Seems that you got a good trade. The perfect home for that beast is where it's sitting on.

[@Hoa-Mechanical]

😍😍🤞🤞👍👍💕💕💕💕

[@Texas-Chris]

That is really cool Darren !!! Can’t wait to see what you do with it. This one actually makes me think of my Dad, he used to talk about VW Dune Buggies all the time before he passed. I always wanted to supe up a Mustang or a Pickup Truck, his thing was the Dune Buggy. He would love this !!!

[@danw1955]

On those Weber D.P. manifolds, it really makes it a lot easier to set them up if you pull the manifolds and drill them for a 3/8" barb fitting so you can run a balance tube from the right bank to the left bank. Do your initial carb setup (idle speed and mixture) with the balance tube clamped, then take the clamp off and you'll have a nice smooth idle (depending on the cam), that will stay in tune for a good while. I'd like to see that beast in the Crusty cab. That would wake 'er up!😂👍👍

[@martinharris5017]

That makes sense it its standard practice with dual SU carb setups on 4cyl British cars.

[@danw1955]

@@martinharris5017 Yep, MG, Triumph, etc. had balance tubes if I remember correctly. It's been probably 25 years since I messed around with those.😄 Although a little less than that since I had a modded '71 Bug with an 1835 D.P. and dual Kadron 40 mm carbs!😉

[@throttlebottle5906]

balance tubes/hoses, NOOOOOOOOOO! that junk is for someone that cannot tune carbs, engines, never clean air filters and doesn't care, etc. lol

[@danw1955]

@@throttlebottle5906 You must have missed the part where I said 'clamp the hose to do your initial setup and'... Say what you want, but on big cam motors, they run so much better and actually idle from almost dead cold. I had a 2180 with twin 44 IDF's in a sand rail, and it was an absolute pig to keep running when it was cold (because no chokes). If you set it rich enough to run when cold it was too rich when it finally warmed up. The balance tube fixed that.😉

[@DarrenVaughan-j6j]

Hi D. Man! Didn’t know that VDUB made such an amazing engine. That is a beast!! Talking about sleeper!! Another awesome video!! Thanks for all of your hard work!! 😊😊😊

[@mindeloman]

I had my first lesson on power to weight ratio when I was a boy when my dad had a beetle with 150 horsepower. That doesn't sound like a lot.....until it's in something that weighs less than 1 ton. That car was scary fast. Faster than his souped up 70 Mach1 Mustang.

[@theodorgiosan2570]

I have a 79 Subaru DL (1800lbs) with a 120hp (modified) EA71S engine that was used in open wheel race cars in Japan. It will spin the front tires in 1st as soon as it gets over 3500 RPM and will spin them for as long as you keep your foot on the throttle. And they're mud tires to boot. And that engine makes no torque whatsoever. Its powerband is from 3500-6500 RPM.

[@a080867]

So excited to see you fall down the performance VW, rabbit hole. I been there for years. Going to be fun to watch. Sounds like strait cut timing gears. Nice engine.

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

I was always told (and read) that you should have the throttle open while doing a compression test, but recently I did an experiment. (I'm 64) I did all 8 cylinders on a V8 engine with the throttle wide open and at idle. To my surprise, the numbers were exactly the same. My theory on it is that the starter turns the engine over slow enough that it makes no difference to the engine on the throttle position. It can still breath enough for accurate numbers.

[@scottgibson807]

That engine is STRONG. Great trade and have fun. Definitely bringing back memories of my youth 😂

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks for posting Mustie

[@grayjack5021]

My first car was 1964 VW BUG. I fondly remember during the Winter months frostbite on my nose and 3rd burns on my ankles.

[@RS-oy7uh]

Watching from the Philippines 🌴

[@billvon3304]

Glad to see your feeling better Darren 😊

[@garethjudd5840]

Hello for a rainy West Sussex UK 🇬🇧

[@andy1kenobi]

Hello from a very rainy Shropshire 🌧️

[@handsomebstard]

Hello from an overcast but not yet pouring down West Yorkshire.

[@marksmallman4572]

Hello from a wet Mallorca!

[@taurota1554]

Awesome and outstanding as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

[@richardbaumeister466]

I had a friend of mine who was grinding an older transaxle to fit it I believe for a 12 volt starter (not sure) Any way He found out the hard way that it was not aluminum, rather it was made of magnesium. He had a flash fire occur and was standing inside the engine compartment where it was difficult to get out. He received burns on his arms and legs from this hot fire including his hair. After getting out of the engine compartment, the fire extinguished itself. He spent many weeks in the hospital and several plastic surgeries later he looks similar to what he used to but not exactly. Lesson learned!

[@1pcfred]

I used to go to a motocross motorcycle race in upstate NY and one group would bring VW engines to burn. Man when one would go up it'd be like the mothership was landing. They'd throw cold pots of water on it while it was burning to make it crack open and burn even more. You could see the light from 20 miles away. Good times.

[@robertheinkel6225]

On the Fourth of July, my brother did some fireworks, and lit a magnesium transmission case on fire. It burned white hot. The next day the remains were still too hot to touch.

[@WilliamCollins-sh6lm]

I too had an interesting experience with a magniusm flash fire !!! Just Like a flash bulb poof !!! Could have burned down the place but luck was with me an I was only mildly burned an temporarily blinded ...

[@ronjones1077]

I got my drivers license on my 16th B-day in a 57 VW in Bethel Alaska. 36 “horse pressure”!

[@harlow2047]

I’ve been re-watching old Mustie videos of VW engine assessments and will-it-runs and I was thinking "I really wish Darren would do some more of those" and lo-and-behold, a will-it-run/assessment on this beast of a motor pops up! Thanks Mustie for all your videos over the years - this is by far the best mechanic channel on YT!

[@stoneD1958]

Currently in Malmesbury England visiting family. Sunday afternoon and Mustie1

[@MostlyInteresting]

Back in the day I had a acquaintance that had one of these big VWs in a super beetle. That thing was shockingly fast.

[@1pcfred]

Anything over 60 MPH is shockingly fast in a bug.

[@shin-pad1052]

Great episode! Tuning in from Norwich uk 🇬🇧

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

As someone who has over the years had a fair bit to do with tuned Porsche air-cooled engines, it is wise to bear in mind that much of the cooling is actually from the oil flow. They need in most cases, a rather bigger oil cooler, positioned for maximum air flow, than you might at first think. My final one (at the age of 78, I have retired from motor competition) was an RSR spec 3.3L Porsche flat six, with around 300HP in tarmac rally tune. It needed a 72 row vertical flow oil cooler sat in an aero tunnel with a modified front luggage compartment floor, mounted in the front spoiler, otherwise the oil was getting up to above 250ºF using the original front wing "trombone" type coolers. With these very large oil coolers, a thermostatic diverter valve is also a good idea, to speed warm up time.

[@1pcfred]

A Porsche is just a VW with an oil cooler. OK a Porsche might have a leather interior too.

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

@@1pcfred Total Rubbish. You have very obviously never owned a Porsche. Other than the very early cars built in Austria, Porsches have almost zero parts in common with a VW. I am currently on Porsche #7 with a Panamera E-Hybrid and I have just sold a 1977 911 RSR.

[@1pcfred]

@@wilsonlaidlaw they make one of them Porscheies like an El Camino? You know with a pick up truck back? Sheeiet. I don't go for no kraut rides.

[@martinharris5017]

@@wilsonlaidlaw Depends on what year/model Porsche. The old 356 and early Carrera 912 are definitely glorified beetles in the engine department ;)

[@martinharris5017]

@@1pcfred I heard you just Wack the back right off 'em and there ya go. Instant Porkamino. I'll let you try it first tho' and let us know how ya got on...

[@Durks77]

I like your distrust of the compression test readings. I found been bit by a faulty tool many times. I see a lot of experience in your work. Always learning something- thanks.

[@SimonHollandfilms]

excellent engine Darren. cheers from VW land in France

[@edwardfedeli4253]

It was fun to see old school engine building can’t wait until it gets installed good luck

[@jeffreyhurst9552]

I have two workbenches in my garage: the tailgate of my truck and the GE clothes dryer…

[@geneo3654]

That was awesome , your knowledge on Volkswagen engines is very impressive. Can't wait to see you finish the project.

[@augustm.moschera8646]

Is that an little Subaru 360 in the background at 22.00 ?! I would love to see a video in that little guy! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Hjerte_Verke]

Thanks I saw that too, very Beetle-ish and thought I would have a hard time trying to websearch it based on shape alone. Apparently it IS what you say; what an amusing little car.

[@Ngarepairercar1990]

Great video, thank you for showing your perseverance in your work❤

[@edwardsullivan6149]

Musties engine projects always look like a scene from an operating room, wires and tubes all running into the patient lol.

[@RDEnduro]

So that jump in compression just came from spinning it over, the valves just reseated? Only Mustie gets the luck ha!

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

From watching Mustie for the longest time, it's pretty normal for motors to have low compression until they run for a bit, heat and stuff just clear all the crust and muck off the rings/valves

[@aarongrabowski3775]

Im really excited for this build.

[@thomasjarosz7406]

Mustie 1 , "Lets Wrench " God Bless

[@danf4616]

Ditch the orange filter... Those are "suboptimal." Thanks for the vids! 👍👍

[@MrGMawson2438]

Afternoon mate

[@nallie10]

YeeHaa from Texas! My reaction also when it first cranked. Thanks Darren

[@thomasheller1526]

You.can see the joy you are having. Love your VWs!

[@davecaron1213]

Grew up in Mass. I had a 67 (I it bought new) with studded snow tires. I swear you could drive up Mt Everest with that combination! BTW, my sister lives in Wakefield NH. We visited her back in June. My wife's first visit there. She could not get over how green everything was. We live in Vegas, not known for it's greenery.

[@oniondeluxe9942]

Finally, some air cooled veedub stuff. I’ve been coveting that.

[@BillFieds-tn9yj]

I had a built 1835 with a 10.5 lb. flywheel elephant foot valves a wicked cam and a full flow oil system with coolr with a dual carburetor 40 mm dellorto Valves and intake were bored in a 68 bug and it made 150hp ...best sleeper ever 😂❤❤❤❤

[@ungarsdanslegarage8659]

Goodmorning everyone

[@melchristian8876]

Good morning 🌅

[@miztatone918]

Thanks for the video mustie glad to see ypu feeling a bit better

[@Robrt32]

Everyone hates on fram filters. I’ve ran them 30 years or so never had a problem. I know several people that have done the same. Seems like a bandwagon everyone jumped on.

[@robbrown4954]

Ive said it once, ill say it a thousand times, as long as you change your oil and filter good and regular, Fram will be fine. Ive used Fram filters since i can remember (into the 80’s) and not once have i had an issue.

[@Robrt32]

@@robbrown4954 100% correct.