Engine Blow 2008

Airkooled Kustoms sponsored an engine blow at the 2008 North Alabama Volkswagen Club's Bug'n in July car show. The engine was a junked aircooled Volkswagen Beetle motor that sat seized in someone's backyard for the last 5 years. We took it apart, slapped some used parts from another junk motor in it, filled it with oil and gas and then rigged it to run at wide-open throttle until it died. The engine ran for an astounding 9 minutes, 41 seconds before seizing again.

North Alabama Volkswagen Club: http://www.navwc.org
Airkooled Kustoms: http://www.airkooledkustoms.com

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Airkooled
• Beetle
• blow
• Bug
• engine
• Kustoms
• motor
• NAVWC
• Volkswagen
• VW

[nevr4getzs]

i hate to see one wasted as well but the fact of the matter is without the engine blow and air kooled kustoms yearly flavor the profit raised for this cause would be even less. Dropin a bug in everyones ear here,we need to pump up the action next year at bugn cause ingalls show was lacking in many areas, oh by the way spook thanks for not entering that ghia in hoodride,you would have beat me out of my second placehehehehe i'll get rodney next year!!!

[gumbymac72]

@nevr4getzs Thanks for the feedback. We'd love to hear any suggestions you might have for pumping up the action at the 2012 Bug'n. We were at a new location this year, so that might have caused us to loose a few folks, but overall, we were pleased with the turnout.

[27FreakDS]

why do you do this to a that good engine?!

[gumbymac72]

It wasn't that good an engine. It was found all seized up in the back of a junkyard. The crankshaft had over 1/4" of endplay in it. NOT something you'd want in your daily driver. The money raised went to charity and everyone gets a kick out of watching it.

[VolkswagenTube]

You could probably rebuild it again and run it in a bug for the next ten years. lol

[gumbymac72]

This year was the second year it was run again. I don't know if it's up to the cause again next year. We never put any real money into it, just whatever discarded part that's lying around that would get it going again.

[Dayberry]

Man the money when to a good cause. Its was just a VW

[joshrench]

dude get over it. not like you can change it. rather do that and give the money to charity than spend shitloads to fix it. crappy engine+crowd willing to pay=a good cause.

[bluejay148]

about the dumbest thing i ever seen real silly

[themaytagrepairman]

@Dayberry Just a Volkswagen. That little Volkswagen engine held on four minutes. A 350 chevy engine in another video only held on for One minute and fourty seconds. But it's just a volkswagen.

[flatfour65]

Haha....sounds like an old 8v71 Detroit 2-stroke diesel!

[andgate2000]

Saw one run for 16 min once untill it stopped!!!!!

[27FreakDS]

See, I love those old bugs, so destroying makes me sad :P

[27FreakDS]

yeah, might be, but I think that you can fix ANY engine thats still able to run, and as you see, this did.