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Originally posted by Rennen
right... nothing like some good ole fashioned closed mindedness

oh btw: AIR COOLED owns



The air cooled volkswagon "nazi box" made by Ferdinand Porsche created the cheap fast fun "import" market back in the 70s. Parts are cheap and plentiful, the aftermarket is huge, and it is the easiest car to work on EVER. Plus, there are quite a few of these ancient cars that could destroy your car.

that said, mine is not one of them. I have about 40hp and pure rice everywhere It is for car shows and preserving a peice of history, but remains a blast to drive.

-Matt

I agree, but I take that 70s thing back a step further... They created the cheap aircooled thing back in WWII, when the general engine design that we all came to love from the beetle was implemented by Hitler to allow for cheap replacement (directly related to what we do now) on military aircraft. I am in school for aviation maintenence and one of the planes we have in the shop at school has a beetle engine on it, and all continental and lycoming engines are closely related in operation and aircooled-ness. I have individual parts off the engine, replaced and re-installed in the time it takes me to get stuff off my 240...