The VW engine was heavily modified to improve ... This is why Porsche discontinued its air-cooled engines, in favor of water-cooled engines in the 1990s. While Porsche and Volkswagen are by ...

For decades, the massively popular Volkswagen Type-1 Beetle and the Type-2 VW Microbus or Transporter were powered by a unique air-cooled boxer engine. The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is ...

The most well-known were the Porsche flat six, VW flat four, Corvair ... In 1913 the first Cameron cars with water-cooled engines arrived. Apart from the position of the gearbox, the later ...

Introduced in 1957 as a counterpart to the West German VW Beetle, the East German Trabant was powered by a 600cc 2-cylinder air-cooled 2-stroke engine. While it only had 18 horsepower and produced ...

Primarily there are 2 types of cooling used for the engine. Air and Liquid. Air cooled engines are cheaper but the cooling may not be uniform since the rear portion of the cylinders cannot be ...