engine size
skooge
02-10-2006, 04:17 PM
How do I tell what size bug engine I have? It is setting in our shed in peices.
TEAM SHIZA
02-13-2006, 09:09 PM
How do I tell what size bug engine I have? It is setting in our shed in peices.
there are sume numbers on ur block it normally starts with letters u give me the letters i look it up in my book and tell you..
Kenny
there are sume numbers on ur block it normally starts with letters u give me the letters i look it up in my book and tell you..
Kenny
Rick's69
02-13-2006, 09:25 PM
mine is AH 146983
TEAM SHIZA
02-13-2006, 09:30 PM
its a 1972 though 1974 1600cc cali. only motor..
Rick's69
02-13-2006, 09:44 PM
what do u mean cali only motor?
TEAM SHIZA
02-13-2006, 09:55 PM
i think its only allowed in calif. only no other states im pretty sure thats what that means..
Rick's69
02-13-2006, 10:08 PM
o well i do live in cali so i guess it makes sense. what book are u using to look up the engine sizes?
TEAM SHIZA
02-13-2006, 10:13 PM
chiltons
BoatCop
02-14-2006, 03:54 PM
The California motor means that it was made to meet California's more stringent smog laws in effect back then.
Even then the engine code is no sure way to tell engine size, since it may have been rebuilt to a larger displacement, sometime in its life.
The only true way to tell is to measure the piston or cylinder.
85.5mm = 1600
87mm=1641
90.5mm=1776
Even then the engine code is no sure way to tell engine size, since it may have been rebuilt to a larger displacement, sometime in its life.
The only true way to tell is to measure the piston or cylinder.
85.5mm = 1600
87mm=1641
90.5mm=1776
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