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How to rebuild your VW Air Cooled engine by Tom Wilson
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Paperback, 176 pages Published by H.P. Books
Publication date: April 1987
Dimensions (in inches): 0.34 x 9.99 x 7.98
ISBN: 0895862255Tom Wilson, 176 pages
Book Description
Unlike the other two canonical manuals for air-cooled VWs (The official Bentley Shop Manual and the John Muir Compleat Idiot Guide), this one focuses on removing, rebuilding, and reinstalling the engine. It describes rebuilding procedures more clearly and in more detail, and feels more "current" than the other manuals. If you are contemplating a rebuild of your bug, bus, early vanagon, porsche 914, squareback or other air-cooled VW engine, this inexpensive manual will easily pay for itself by reducing the amount of time you spend puzzling over procedures and improving your chances for a successful, high-quality rebuild. The only complaint I have is that color pictures would be nice, but would undoubtedly raise the price.

Air-Cooled VW Engine Interchange Manual: The User's Guide to Original & Aftermarket Parts...

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Format:Paperback, 144pp.
ISBN: 0760303142
Publisher: Motorbooks International, Publishers & Wholesalers, Incorpor
Pub. Date: October 1996
Book Description
An informative book but not a first book to buy if you are interested in VW hotrodding. It would, however be an interesting companion to Bill Fishers Hot to Hotrod VWs book. NO detailed dyno tests in this book and it might make inexperienced owners want to build a drag race engine for the street, in which case they will encounter lots of problems as drag engines are not meant for street use. Nice to have though.

How to Hotrod Volkswagen Engines by Bill Fisher
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Paperback Published by H.P. Books
Publication date: October 1988
Dimensions (in inches): 0.37 x 10.89 x 8.54 ISBN: 0912656034
Book Description
Start with this book if you want to know how to increase the efficiency of your VW engine. You must be patient as this book is a bit outdated. However, many of the ideas here can still be used today. Very good book from good old days many things newer change. Many good tips to hot rod VW Beetle (Bus). Book include history and birth of Volkswagen. If you want to know how to exhaust tuning, port sylinder heads (very good section), make better carburetion, what you have to do that it stay together, read this book once at least.