1192cc
Air-cooled flat-4
Source-recorded engine code: 3.
- Power
- N/A
- Fuel
- Unknown
Engineering.
The air-cooled flat-four that powered the 1958 Beetle. Simple, reliable, and endlessly modifiable.
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L41
Black
L41•common
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Recorded Engine Code · unverified3