Interested to know for the future whether those who have bought one from a well known supplier, have had good/bad or meh experience with them. Nothing wrong with mine at present (as far as i know) but with Mr L.Petit retired now where do we go for a good replacement engine when needed.
After my Heritage one gave up I got a The Engine Shop short block had it about 4 years with no problems.
Had my recon 1600 from The Engine Shop for 2 years (3000 miles so far), with no probs. (Keeps fingers crossed that I haven't jinxed it!!)
I have had a TES 1641 for four years. It's still running like a sewing machine, pulling really well and not burning oil, though the crank case is a bit knocked about and the oil drain plate is held in with bolts rather than studs and domed nuts-should I do something about this..?
My Vege type 4 has been going since the ‘90’s and despite all my efforts it’s still going. Cue big end failure... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think Vege were once good, but stopped caring. My JK-sourced Vege seized solid after a few thousand miles. The replacement they sent had about four inches of endfloat.
Surprisingly the engine pulled us along fine and didn’t leak much Doubtful how much longer it would have gone on like that though. I’ve a as21 case and genuine vw crank now Case didn’t need align bore and the crank just needed a polish Crank and flywheel have also been 8 dowelled Nice bottom end to be putting the bigger cylinders and pistons on
I think TBH they'll go on for ages, even with a lot of endfloat. Get bored out for 1776 - it's a nice size