One of the best things about Beetles is that they are easy to modify. When i bought my car it had an engine that was nearing the end of it's life. After a couple of months of driving it, it finally "blew up" and literally burst a hole in the engine block. So i had a friend of mine who has rebuilt a few engines before rebuild mine and then i did a few modifications to it later. The new 1835cc engine is running great and is like owning a "new" old car. A few things that make it a little more special then your typical stock Volkswagen engine is that it has dual Kadron carburetors, the cylinders are polished and machined, it has an electric fuel pump rather then the normal mechanical one, it has an oil filter, it has an alternator instead of a generator, and it has a higher performance headers and exhaust then stock headers and exhaust and no heater because of it... It has some decent power for a beetle but not so much that it suffers by guzzling fuel from being so high performance. I think it's a good balance of power and fuel economy for the way i drive it. It gets an average of 26 MPG if you don't push it too hard yet can burn some rubber if you want to. If you have any questions about the engine or would like to share what you have done with your own Volkswagen engine feel free to comment below and i'll try to answer any questions about it.
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