Page 1 of 1
What IMPI
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:40 pm
by Guest
What does IMPI stand for and more specifically from which car does the 1700 IMPI originate?
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 1:14 pm
by Merlin
IMPI is the nickname for Armand Botha's 'experiments'.
It doesn't originate from any car.
Armand takes Type 4 engines - mostly - and then goes Nuts with them until you get a fire-breathig monster under the hood.
IMPI is a ripoff of EMPI.
N.
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:51 pm
by Guest
Ok, what is a T4 engine. Since it appears that this is modified into the IMPI?
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:04 pm
by Merlin
Type 4 is a VW model.
They are flat 4 cylinder engines which are usually converted to stand upright and then placed, albeit with mods, into bugs and bus'.
Google 'Type 4' for a pic...I have none handy.
images.google.co.za
N.
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:04 pm
by eben
Hi Fergus,
this is a type 4 turbo engine.
As you can see the fan housing is in front of the engine and not on top like in a beetle (type 1)
Type 4 engines came out as 1700, 1800 and 2000
they were used in the later type 2 busses(Called Bay windows cos they have curved windscreens) as well as in the Porsche 914.
Main difference appart from capacity and cooling is the addition of an oil filter as standard, a quite bulletproof crank and crankcase and rigid(non concertina) pushrod tubes....
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:07 pm
by IMPI
Hi
IMPI Yes some rip off of EMPI but also unique in SA as the ZULU word for War
Armand
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:37 am
by eben
Impis = Zulu footsoldiers yeah
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:37 pm
by WestyT2
Vw Type 1 Beetle
Vw Type 2 Transporter/Microbus/Kombi
Vw Type 3 Vw Sedan Notchback/Fastback/Variant
Vw Type 4 Vw 411/412
The Vw Type 2 evolution
T1 Splitscreen Van
T2 Bay Window
T3 Wedge (example 2.1i,2.5i,2.6i) Also known as Vanagon or T25
T4 Previous range
T5 Current Kombi/Caravelle/Crew Bus
The Type 4 engines was used in the 411/412 and the T2/T3 Microbus in 1700, 1800 and 2000 versions.It was also used in the Porsche 914 (and 356 if I remeber correctly) . It uses a bigger more durable aliminum crankcase than the type1 but spares are generally more expensive and harder to find than type 1 spares. Hope this helps,Fergus
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:50 pm
by eben
Type 4 engines were used in the 914 and 912E models.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:00 pm
by Class 11 streeter
Sorry I am late to this party. My friend Tom (known as Tuna on Samba and ShopTalk) has a site with lots of type 4 engine info:
http://www.tunacan.net/t4/
That site encouraged me to convert to type 4. Right now Eddie Brown is building me a putt-putt 1.7 (out of a 411) converted to upright to put into my offroader class 11 bug.
It's has been a long road up to this point, several years in the making, but it will be worth it............I hope............
