Although the only cars i have ever owned have all been vw's. This is my first air cooled vw , i bought it for the girlfriend but im excited to fix it up.we've drivin it seldom in the time we've had it but it always seemed to run very well,untill last weekend when we drove to chilliwack for go kart race. it was hot, traffic was bad and i may have been pushing it a little in the openroad any way to make a long story short .i thought my girlfriend was farting ! the car reaked of rotten eggs ,stopped let cool,checked oil fine but hot ,continued home ,next day wuoldnt even turn over , battery fine,whacked starter w/wrench ,now starts one problem solved. but the rotten egg smell thing?checked plugs-a little black. but heres my real question my girlfriend wants a show car(of course)i was wondering if with all the problems of the engine lately (its kinda been runnin crappy for a week)to make it so when i pop the hood you need sunglases(girl) ,and for a more powerfull engine(me).is it going to be better for me to
a)buy a complete engine already tricked out and have it installed
or
b)pull the one in the car wich i think(not sure) is a 1600 f/i and hand it over to a shop to fix,clean,polish,buy parts put back in.
i would love to do it but my girlfriend wouldnt see her car for years,(no time)
im pretty sure the car could handle a bigger engine i had it going pretty good and the handling was awsome no shimmy at over120+
and any recomendations on mechanics would be great thanks
TREVOR j WILLIAMS see yall sat.
