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I'm building or should be building) a Hummel Bird, which
uses a half-VW conversion. What's your take on these things, seeing
that you have lots of VW experience? My experience with VWs is limited
to my first car, a '62 Beetle that I spent lots of time fixing, and a
friend's '59 van. Ditto. Scott Casler claims 37 HP from a 1037 CC two-
banger. Sounds high.
For those interested, here's the website: http://www.hummelengines.com/
Click on the "Hummer 2 Cylinder VW"

Dan

In that case, I'm sure you've heard of Bruce King's Hummel project from
a few years back.

His is perhaps the "most successful" VW powered project - at least in
terms of miles traveled.

Bruce hung a full 1835 on his bird.
The weight difference is small - with no real issues other than weight
and balance.

But what a difference in performance.

Should be links somewhere of the Hummel forums.

Check it out before cutting the engine in half!

Richard