Read an interesting post on the vintage bus list about engine choices for early Busses. Some dude was thinking of putting a 1776 in his Bus and one of the posters advised against it saying that a high reving low torque engine is not the best choice for a split bus. This person advised running a 1600 SP saying the SP had more low end umph than a dual port for example. I recently traded a '66 'vert with a 1600 dp for a '65 Bus which the PO had put a 1835 with dual carbs. As part of the deal, we agreed to swap out motors. I did drive the Bus with the 1835 and man, what a difference in power. Accelerated like a regular car, excpet it did lack low end power, but once up to speed on the freeway it was kinda nice keeping up with the big boys. At idle and at low speed though, i thought that big engine was going to shake that Bus apart. I couldn't but help feel that an early Bus was not structured to handle that sort of power. Maybe I'm wrong but wonder what some of you others thought what is the best engine to run in a split Bus.
--Dan E