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The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an air-cooled, gasoline-fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium-alloy crankcase, and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods. There are two distinct families/variations of the aircooled engine namely Type 1 and Type 4.
The Volkswagen Type 2 (T3), (T25 within the UK) or Vanagon in the United States, the T3 platform was introduced in 1979, and was one of the last new Volkswagen platforms to use an air-cooled engine. The Volkswagen air-cooled engine was phased out for a water-cooled boxer engine (still rear-mounted) in 1983. Compared to its predecessor the T2 ...
The Volkswagen Wasserboxer engine is a water-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine, based on the air-cooled design. It was solely used in the 1983–1991 Volkswagen Vanagon. ID code- DH 1.9-litre, 60 kW (82 PS; 80 hp), Digijet injection, 1983–1985 ID code- MV
The original Transporter could haul about 2,200 pounds of cargo, 25% more than the standard VW van, and had a 1.5-liter, four-cylinder, air-cooled engine that produced 42 base horsepower.
Powering the SP2 is a "BL" code four-cylinder Volkswagen air-cooled engine displacing 1.7 L. [37] This version of VW's boxer four is called the "suitcase" or "pancake" engine, and has its cooling fan on the end of the crankshaft, reducing engine height. [37] It makes 65 (DIN) hp and gives the SP2 a top speed of 161 km/h (100 mph).
The new engine essentially possessed identical specifications to the previous model; [151] it was a horizontally opposed, overhead valve, four-cylinder air-cooled engine. It generated 40 kW (54 PS; 54 hp) at 3,900 rpm and produced 83 N⋅m (61 lbf⋅ft) at 2,000 rpm.
The cars retained VW's trademark air-cooled, rear placement, rear-wheel drive, boxer engine with a front/rear weight distribution of 45/55% [3] and a forward cargo storage 400 L (14.1 cu ft) [4] — while also introducing design and engineering departures for the company – including a completely flat passenger area floor and suspension using ...
The following articles list Volkswagen Group engines which are available worldwide. These include motor vehicle engines, marine engines sold by Volkswagen Marine [1] and industrial engines sold by Volkswagen Industrial Motor. [2] List of Volkswagen Group petrol engines (current) List of Volkswagen Group diesel engines (current)