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   A  2161 cc built with mostly Berg parts. Induction is by Berg fuel injection manifolds controlled by a Haltech F9A brain.
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The Beast within!! 
       2161cc Berg based,  
    Haltech Injected T1 engine
say AHHH! 
     Looking down the throats at 52mm throttles plates
luv da stacks 
Great sucking sound generators
the mufflers glowed red 
On the Berg dyno doing maps, boring.
Engine Specs: 
  84x90.5, Berg crank with all T4 mains with Porshe/Capri rod journals, Pauter 5.4" chromoloy  rods, 44x37.5 Berg welded heads, 7.3  comp., K8 cam, Berg dual springs and retainers, Berg push rods. Berg throttle bodies, K&N air filters, Oberg Oil filter, The good, old Berg 90.5 PC set, 75 amp alternator, 1 5/8" Berg wide merge (soon to be replaced w/ 1 3/4") headers and dual muffs aluminized. 
It did 155 HP at 6500 rpm when it was at 7.0 comp. with a different cam, Incredible smooth and lots of low end grunt. Very high on the Fun Factor!
da big ovals 
These are fairly large ports, the better to suck with, as done by Bergs
pretty cheeky 
Berg crank cheek, Pauter rod, Porsche/Capri rod bearings, all T4 mains. See the clearance cut on the cheek to clear a big cam? 
Click on these links for some good technical information. 

Aircooled.net tech diatribes 

Gene Berg tech articles 

Cal Look.com tech articles 

Fuel Injection tech 

Injector sizing  What size do I need? 

Aftermarket FI  A very good site with good comparison info. 
 

OK, I have succumbed to the questions from  numerous emails and conversations with people asking me what it took to add fuel injection to my Bug. So Click here and see what I did.

 
 

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