[T3] Anyone seen this one?

[William Jahn]

Did any of you happen to see the video that followed the orange 73? Some
fellow put two 2300 something CC air cooled engines in the front tied
together with 8 carbs sitting out through opening in the top of the hood.
with tilt forward hood and a standard trans from a different car not VW and
a ford rear end . Said it created around 400 HP. ? If not go back to the 73
orange video it should be the next video in the line up.

 Mine 73 is an auto trans yet I prefer a 4 speed. The Auto works fine,
still I'd rather have a 4 speed.

 I have now real idea why there is a HP difference on a 72 and 73 FI T-3 .
Mine does not have the smog EGR just the PCV setup . As I said and don't
know if the X case that came in my 73 and the U5 case I rebuilt from the 72
both had steeped head and dished pistons . I don't know if the original
engine was original to my 73 . All I do know is when I rebuilt it I used
flat top pistons made in Germany. for the rebuild. I suppose the PCV could
be considered smog related yet shouldn't affect HP.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 7:15 PM Dennis Stiefel <dad23boys at live.com> wrote:

>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 25, 2020, at 6:35 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Now THAT makes sense!
> > was there a different HP rating that year between the Auto and the
> Manual?
> >
> > The driver in the video downplayed the Automatic and Ill admit, they are
> > boring compared to a standard but I must say, in top gear, on a hill,
> flat
> > out, I was neck in neck with Jim on one caravan between his auto and my
> > manuual 71's.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > Topnotch Restorations
> > topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> > http://www.topnotchresto.com
> > 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
> > 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
> > 93 RX7  "Redstur"
> > 13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"
> >
>
> I have seen specks on some vehicles that give both an automatic and a
> manual ratings but I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a VW written up like
> that.
> Dennis
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