On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Eric Petrevich wrote:
> In my search for the "end-all" air compressor for my personal shop, I
> found a kit for an old VW engine motor.
> You take a in-line four VW engine and remove the heads. Two cyclinders
> become the engine and the other 2 are the air pump. (A VW engine will
> run on 2 cyc) The kit was about $500 and I was able to get a VW engine
> for a song. I plan on mounting the unit to a trailer so it is
> portable. My calculations (which aren't very good) I think I should be
> able to pull about 50cfm at around 125psi. Has anyone else tried one of
> these? If so, anything I should look out for? I'm starting this
> project this weekend. I'll let you know what I find out.
>
Where'd you get this kit? This sounds like something I'd like to do.
I've owned VW's for many years and I'm sure I can come up with an engine
easily.
Keep us posted on this project.
Later
Mike Frerichs
mfrerich@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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