I ave been trying to put together a plan for a fairly clean hand prop 2332 VW build. I am leaning hard toward a single ignition magneto. I do have some reservations which leaves me considering a points or pertronix ignition.
The clear choice is the Kubota. Light, powerful.
Most of the time it seems like when a Kubota Dynamo is used, it goes on the top in the rear, and is run off the flywheel end. Leonard Milholland does this his full VWs. He is not a fan of magnetos and has a theory about a magnetos weak spark and VW valve troubles. I don’t want to put it there (too, flywheel end) as it would place it behind the 7 plate type 4 oil cooler I plan on using.
So, I am looking for an alternative.
Has anyone read, or heard of a person mounting the dynamo/alternator on the front (accessory end) and running it off a pulley behind the prop?
Corvair does it that way with the John Deer permanent magnet alternator which I would also be fine to use.
Coupled to the rear crank (flywheel) sort of like SPA (Corvair) does might be possible, though it would prevent the use of a magneto. I have also never heard of it being done on a VW.
If I go forward with this, I would much rather copy someone who has done this before successfully.
The clear choice is the Kubota. Light, powerful.
Most of the time it seems like when a Kubota Dynamo is used, it goes on the top in the rear, and is run off the flywheel end. Leonard Milholland does this his full VWs. He is not a fan of magnetos and has a theory about a magnetos weak spark and VW valve troubles. I don’t want to put it there (too, flywheel end) as it would place it behind the 7 plate type 4 oil cooler I plan on using.
So, I am looking for an alternative.
Has anyone read, or heard of a person mounting the dynamo/alternator on the front (accessory end) and running it off a pulley behind the prop?
Corvair does it that way with the John Deer permanent magnet alternator which I would also be fine to use.
Coupled to the rear crank (flywheel) sort of like SPA (Corvair) does might be possible, though it would prevent the use of a magneto. I have also never heard of it being done on a VW.
If I go forward with this, I would much rather copy someone who has done this before successfully.
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