[tcb] Re: A whole nother reason to abuse me
- From: <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:15:59 -0500
True dat but bastard 40s are the ones nobody ever wanted. That's why they were
bastards.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Sammie Smith" <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 10/20/06 8:09 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: A whole nother reason to abuse me
OK, but what I meant was that the Bastard 40 is not really a 40 HP engine
according to the 59-60 bus manual. It was rated 36 SAE HP, same as the 36
engine, at least according to the 1960 VW bus owners manual that I have.
At 08:02 PM 10/20/2006, you wrote:
>Same bore same stroke but different crank and heads. I still have a few
>40s and 36s around here. I just landed a crank and am trying to research
>it. 36 hp style with counterweights and a longer stroke but no mfg
>markings.. Journals are 10/10 but I'll have to polish it.
>It's not a weld up either...
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Sammie Smith" <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: 10/20/06 7:30 PM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: A whole nother reason to abuse me
>
>Well Will; technically the 40 bastard is really only 36 according to the
>manual. But, the original bastard was replaced with a factory replacement
>40, so I guess it really is 40. But, in the old days of drag racing in a
>Type I, a 36 horse would outrun, barely, a 40 horse in a quarter mile. The
>40 would out top end the 36 slightly, but the 36 had slightly better
>acceleration for some reason. Have to take my word for it cause there
>ain't no more bone stock untouched 36 and 40 horse from the factory engines
>around anymore.
>
>
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