I am looking for info on a motor build.

what i have so far is a complete turn key turbo 1915 that is carborated with a holley carb and it is set up as a draw thru system. Its got good empi heads on it as well. I have a MSD ignitiion in my garage taht will be going on this project as well. I found a TIMS fuel injection kit on craigslist that.

What my plan is- punch it out to at least a 2 liter and install fuel injection. my goal is 200hp.

any of you guys have any advice.

I have a turbo for an 88? subaru, 1800? 2L? IDK,- been in the shelf for a few years, I think it was carb'd, dont remember...

Daniel

this is what i got the other day

Keep it small,  big VW motors are hard to keep together when you go big cc's.  We had a 1835 with a t3/t4 that made 253 at the tire.  And I know of guys that had the 2276s and 2180s that would just have case problems.  That's a big arm and a lot of power for a little case.. but they are fun. Have a quick one.. In high school we didn't get pulled over but a good talking to by a simi cop for doing a wheeling in the McDonald's parking lot in the bug we had with a 2276 with a pair of 48 IDAs.  As we went up and carried it I saw him drive by and the only thing i could do was set it down and pull into the street and act normal.  He pulled over a we drove by,  we figure we were toast,  NA he gave us a good talking to,  and told us to take it home. The thing I think of is what he saw,  the bottom of a VW bug coming out of the parking lot.
 Dam slicks and 2300 pound clutch.
 

 




ha, from a smart ass phone is more like it..

A 2276 isnt that big. With the good heads you have and a motor that works together. I would pull the cam in ypur 2276 check the compression and build that. The 1915 is a stock crank with big pistons. I have done my fair share of VW stuff and have heard all the rumors. I wouldn't go spend 800 on a case unless it was an AS41 case. Or a 3 piece scat case similar to a 356 porsche case. I would be willing to bet that your 2276 makes more than 160. I have a 2276 in my sand car and some big heads that will run my car just fine. I have a set of 48 dhla(delortos)  im a weber guy but that what I had. The cases are fun unless you do nothing to them. Weld up behind #3 shuffle pin full flow and line bore you are good to go. There are a lot of guys running a 2440 that do just fine with a AS41 case

As far as a sand rail go's I think the key is the trans. 4.56s with a good 2nd and 3rd is a best, and a 4 pinion diff , so u can use a turning brake,. We had that Turbo motor in a old school Johnny mid Eng frame. And it was fast, on flat ground. Like I said I think small CC VW with a Turbo is better than big with boost just because the case can't handle it. Sure a big money case will work but by then pull that shit ass VW and get an LS motor....200hp is cool don't spend more than 4-5k getting there if you plan on spending more I have an 4.8 ls that with a small cam will make 300+ HP and 2x tq. As a vw

ha, from a smart ass phone is more like it..

As far as a little cc motor. Well the smaller the cc the higher rpm you have to run to spin that turbo. Second the bigger the crank the more torque. You dont need to spin a vw turbo motor high rpm there is no need. The money and fun you want to have you wont make that much boost. Like 8-10 psi

Im not trying to create something expensive. I blew my trans at glamis on turkey day. So since my motor has to come out anyway i was thinking of making some adjustments. I also have this turbo 1915 that has a ton of good parts in it and i was wondering what motor i should go with. My big motor has great parts as well and just needs a new cam to bring the rpms down. My trans will be going to transaxel engineering sometime soon to get beefed up and some lower gears. Even with my 2276 i could never really use 4th. I could get it in 4th on the flats but the car does not have the suspension to go that fast so it was kind of useless.

In the sand with my 2276 i could not even pull 2nd gear up olds. It was annoying. I have the beast motor in the back and it would not hold 2nd gear up most hills. If i could keep the rpms high i think it would but like i said with whoops at the bottom of the hill i did not have the suspension travel to charge the hill.

So my original plan was to reduce compression, change cams, and turbo my 2276.

but now i think i am going to just decam the 2276 and lower the gear ratio in my trans and see what happens. this will allow me to get my car back on the trail asap.

In the mean time i will pull apart the turbo motor and have the machine shop do what they can to the case and reasseble the motor and drop it in my manx.

but if i assemble and dyno tune the turbo and it puts out over 200hp it will probably end up in my buggy.

ya something is wrong then. I only have a two seater. My 2276 has all the goodies done to it and it still wont pull 2nd up the hill. I am getting the trans rebuilt now. Im working with jeff at transaxle engineering. He knows his shit when it comes to trannys. I guess the one i had in the car was built by trans work west or something like that. Anyway the turbo build is still going to happen. I think i am going to leave it as a 1915 and see how much boost i can shove in it. LOL.. I plan to set up the turbo motor with all the same fittings as my NA motor. that way i can swap them back and forth if needed.

I think my big problems in my car were the cam in my motor was too big.. ie built power at too high rpms and my trans was not geared right for off road. I think i will put the car back togther with the new trans and new cam first before i swap in this turbo powerplant. but nothing sounds cooler on a buggy than a blow off valve. lol

i always have vw motors going thru here. Do you want just a stock 1600 to get started?

ya me breaking the trans started the whole thing. The trans is headed to the shop this week to get a nice desert trans built. i want the damn thing to be bullet proof. so i am building to hold an LS1. haha..

I am going to stick a different cam in my 2276 so that the usable rpm range is brought down a bit.

as for the turbo i am going to decam that as well. The guy before even stated the big cam he put in made it run like shit. I will also pull it apart mag and inspect everything line bore and flaten all surfaces, gusset the block where needed and then turn up the juice to see what she will do

the minis are awesome projects. i thought they would be mini projects as well but they are each a pretty big deal and are taking up a lot of time and money.

The 3000gt is running and driving fine. i just need to order the wide body kit and have some body work done. But since i dont really race on the pavement any more that thing is kind of on the back burner.

Ya sometime i wish i could leave well enough alone. but i cant help myself. when ever i break something i think to myself "well that was not strong enough so lets get a bigger better one and see how that goes".

My projects used to be manageable now they are a little out of hand. right now i have a manx, two mini boats, 2 dirt bikes, a dune buggy, and a porsche 917 kit car all ripped apart in my shop. I need to stick to doing one at a time.

Screw the VW and put a ecotec in there and call it done.... If it blows up $500 and you throw another one in.

And throw a BIG turbo on it!!!!!!!!