Engines - Customers

RPR Signature Turnkey 2276cc engine with 100% brand new components is perfect for either a Beetle or Ghia (with a simple change of exhaust). It has a compression ratio of 8.87 and uses the Los Panchito heads with the CNC chamber option, an Engle 110 camshaft and a set of RPR 40mm IDF carbs. It has a 1 3/8" Ceramic coated RPR Hide-a-way exhaust system to obtain the 196 ft./lb's of torque and produces 108 HP at the wheels or 135HP at the engine. The torque curve is very flat and the power is good all the way up to 5600 rpm's.

RPR  Signature Turnkey 1916cc with 100% brand new components for a Beetle (or Ghia with a simple muffler change). This engine comes complete with heater boxes, ceramic 1 3/8" header and Quiet-Pac muffler is fitted with a Magnaspark Ignition kit, RPR 40mm IDF carb kit and an Engle W110 camshaft. The compression on this engine is set at 9.26 and uses 98 octane fuel to achieve the 100HP at the rear wheels or 125HP at the engine with 157 ft/lb's of torque.

This engine is built, dyno'd and ready to instal! It is perfect for any style Kombi and contains 100% brand new components. This engine uses an 80mm crank, 94mm pistons, Engle 110 cam, RPR 40mm IDF carb kit, Magnaspark ignition and a Ceramic coated RPR 1 3/8" Quiet-Pac exhaust system. This engine tuned using 98 octane fuel and produced 109.8 HP at the wheels or 137 HP at the engine. This engine also produced 186 ft/lb's of torque as the compression ratio is set @ 8.6:1.

This 100% brand new engine of Doug's will be fitted into an early Karmann Ghia that he is  restoring. This 2276cc engine has custom CNC ported heads, Engle FK-43 cam and 1.4 rockers, Dual 44mm RPR IDF carbs and a TriMil 1 5/8" ceramic sidewinder exhaust system and a 8.8 compression ratio. When dyno tuned in 2 weeks' time I expect that it should produce about 165HP with lots of torque. I will post the dyno video on my website once tuned with the results so keep checking! Cheers Rod

Here is another engine I have just finished for Alan who lives near Coffs Harbour that he will fit into his 54 oval beetle.  This 2276cc engine is identical to the one I finished on Monday and posted recently with the difference being that this engine has a Vintage Speed competition exhaust fitted. The engine uses an Engle FK-43 cam, custom CNC ported heads with 42 x 37.5 valves, 8.8 compression and a set of my RPR 44mm IDF carbs. I will dyno this engine along with about 4 more engines on my next dyno day in 3 weeks' time and I will post the results of these 2 identical engines to compare the difference in the exhaust systems....keep an eye out. Cheers Rod

This is Greg's car and is a beautiful sky blue 1967 on the Dyno. Greg was after an engine that was both very "drive-able" and easy to maintain and yet with a bit of grunt! Here is the link to the page on the website for this engine...please note that we added all of the ancillary tinware, carbs etc.

Luke from Newcastle in NSW has a 1957 split Kombi van. He was looking for a powerful fast revving engine to get around town. After having a chat, he ended up choosing a 2276 turnkey dyno tuned engine ready to install. This engine acheived 137 HP @ the wheels ( 172 @ the engine ) with over 210 ft./lb's of torque. The engine is fitted with some of my custom round port 044 heads and Engle W110 cam with 1.25 rockers and my RPR 44mm IDF carbs. The engine has a compression ratio of 9.26 and is supplied with an external oil cooler for added cooling. In addition, an oil temp gauge was also supplied and installed in order to keep the engine temps under control. The TriMil 1 5/8" ceramic coated Sidewinder exhaust system allows the engine to make peak revs @ 6500 rpm's.

Shanti from the South Coast of NSW contacted me to build a complete turnkey dyno tuned engine for her kombi restoration. She decided on an RPR Signature Turnkey 2276 cc engine that was to be fitted into her 1975 bay window that was in for a complete rebuild. The idea was that she wanted a 100% brand new engine that would be suitable for her camper that she could load up and go away without the worry of a breakdown. The engine has a Engle W110 camshaft, CNC round port heads, Magnaspark ignition (this was fitted after the engine was dyno tuned), a set of my RPR 40 mm IDF carbs and 8.7 compression. The engine is supplied with the external oil cooler, filter and temperature gauge to make it all reliable. The engine made 102.2HP at the wheel which equates to almost 130HP at the engine with almost 180ft/lb's of torque.  

Elizabeth and Sue wanted a new engine for their split window restoration and after detailing the available options, they decided on an RPR Turnkey dyno tuned 2276 cc engine that produced 104 HP at the rear wheels (130HP at the engine) with a little over 180 ft./lb's of torque. They wanted something that would be fun to drive and be reliable. The engine is fitted with some CNC ported heads, Engle W110 cam, Magnaspark ignition kit, RPR 40 mm IDF carbs and is fitted with a new RPR ceramic coated exhaust system and HD heater boxes. The compression is set at 8.7:1 and the engine is supplied with the external oil filter, external oil cooler and was shipped to them and installed direct into their Kombi.

Christian (from Goulburn) contacted me wanting one of my RPR Signature Series engines that could be fitted to his 1959 Kombi and provide him with a smooth and powerful driving experience whilst providing him with torque at lower RPM's........he settled on the RPR Signature 2054cc engine. This engine is one of my Signature series engines and is complete with heaters, external oil filter and cooler. This engine was assembled with 100% brand new components complete with heaters, external oil filter and cooler and was fitted with pair of my RPR 40mm IDF carbs (that I have made for me), along with the new ceramic coated RPR Quiet Pac exhaust system. The engine was also up-graded with the full Magnaspark electronic ignition kit. We dyno'd the engine and it produced 90HP at the rear wheels which equates to around 112hp at the flywheel. This engine is made to make maximum power and torque at lower rpm's and will be nice to drive with 8 people aboard pulling up a hill!