aiight yall, bout two years ago i bought my lil 210 wagon. always been a v dub guy bout quickly fell in love with the dat-rat. every thing is original, save the washer/squirter motor, batt, alternator, and starter. just hit 98k, which ain't bad for the 78 datty. this past winter i replaced the intake/exhaust manifold gasket. a new one was not available to me from the dealership or the import parts houses in my town, so i cut one myself. i also rebuilt the carb and...shhh, got rid of that crappy egr valve. though i'm nowhere near finished building the period corect rally car i want i'm lookin for a way to get more power out of it. maybe a turbo? but what will fit? all i want is more oomph; for lack of a better phrase. it's an automatic so i'm hesitant to just bore it out an slam in some new parts. gotta a 0-60 in bout 13 now...but hills totally kill that and i live in western nc...plenty of steep mountain roads. so turn me on to some ideas!

Extractors
Side draught carbies (webers or SUs)
Manual transmission
Head work (increasing the intake valve diameters)

Just a couple of ideas - the carbies will have the biggest impact...(with pulling the engine apart) but will be costly

The carbies + head work + extractors will give plenty of power - goes back to the whole engine = a big air pump.

Chucking an A14/A15 would be the cheapest power upgrade of all.

most deffinatly a webber 32/36 carb
. ill upload some pics in a bit

sweet. i've got some weber 44's from a beetle project maybe i could mod them a bit. changin plugs today. it seems to run at idle for a few the stall, but not die. likes to do it round a corner too. kinda like...errrrr(on the gas)...then a little brake...no gas while turnin...then errr(back on gas)chug errrr...sound familiar?

ooo foul plugs galore! runs better for sure...but still clickin away on the head...and still stallin round corners. aiight, need some ideas. got a short vid of the engine in the driveway at idle. e-mail me if interested...need quicktime.

sure, ill check out your video. im always interested to see what othe datto's sound like. you can sedn and recieve videos quickly through yahoo messanger if you have that. my screen name is casper17000. or you can e-mail it to me at casper17000@yahoo.com

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the stalling around corners could be from improperly adjusted floats in your carb. or possibly a lose ignition wire

Hey Mikie,
I am in Western NC as well. The single best thing that you could do is to switch out the auto. I know of a possible parts car in Waynesville - whereabouts are you?

sweet guy! i'm in asheville...you? i've only switched auto for stick once...but in a beetle. i member i had to cut the floor to make the right pedal assembly work...what all am i gonna be up against here?