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How often do you see a luftpresser?


It has a caption that roughly translated is this.
Right side (cylinder 1 and 2) run as drive, left side (cylinder 3 and 4) run as air compressor.

Quite the interesting contraption.

There is even a small movie of it too.
http://superbeetle.ktn-ev.de/cms/index. ... =110931938

A guy here in SC makes those.

all you need is a custom camshaft!

Don

Does anyone sell the custom camshaft?

In Europe you can see VW Boxer engines often on small trailers for the fire fighters => pumping water. It's a nightmare when they start the engine (rev. high). But they withstand the requirements.

By the way: Luftpresser = air compressor (literal translation - sorry). The correct german word is Kompressor (not Luftpresser)

Oliver

Yep I agree with you Gaston right in front of my window I can see the fire dept. "building" and they have 2 of these, they still seem to run fine,,, maybe we'll be able to get few of them in few years like the old Post vans who knows

Leo