{"id":100707,"date":"2023-05-24T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100707"},"modified":"2023-05-23T21:23:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T02:23:36","slug":"1976-kombi-with-a-3-cylinder-radial-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100707","title":{"rendered":"1976 Type 2 with a 3-Cylinder Radial Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=100712\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100712\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=100712\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?fit=1638%2C1638&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1638,1638\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1976 VW Type 2 van with a 2.0 L 3-cylinder radial engine 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1976 VW Type 2 van with a 2.0 L 3-cylinder radial engine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1976 VW Type 2 van with a 2.0 L 3-cylinder radial engine\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?w=1638&amp;ssl=1 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radialmotion.com.au\/\">Radial Motion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bespokeengineering.com\/brands\">Bespoke Engineering<\/a> enjoy testing their custom three-cylinder engines in Volkswagen vehicles. One of their first projects was a 1972 Super Beetle called <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=90524&#038;\">\u201cZombug\u201d<\/a> powered by their naturally aspirated 2.0 L three-cylinder making 150 hp. After that the companies began working on a 1976 VW Kombi Type 2 postal van. After restoring the body and putting a fresh coat of red paint, they installed another of their 2.0 L three-cylinder radial engines. Radial Motion makes an adapter allowing the motor to use a VW transaxle. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=100713\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100713\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=100713\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-02.jpg?fit=1350%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1350,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?resize=600%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1976 VW Type 2 van with a 2.0 L 3-cylinder radial engine\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-08.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are wondering what the engine sounds like. Take a listen to one in a <a href=\"https:\/\/meyersmanx.com\">Meyers Manx<\/a> on the beach. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jOoU5HDTdRo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radialmotion.com.au\/vehicles\">Radial Motion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RadialMotion\/\">Radial Motion FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radial Motion and Bespoke Engineering enjoy testing their custom three-cylinder engines in Volkswagen vehicles. One of their first projects was a 1972 Super Beetle called \u201cZombug\u201d powered by their naturally aspirated 2.0 L three-cylinder making 150 hp. After that the companies began working on a 1976 VW Kombi Type 2 postal van. After restoring the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100707\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1976 Type 2 with a 3-Cylinder Radial Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":100712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[85,1205,453,704],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bus","category-kombi","category-transporter","category-type-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1976-VW-Type-2-van-with-a-2.0-L-3-cylinder-radial-engine-01.jpg?fit=1638%2C1638&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132307,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132307","url_meta":{"origin":100707,"position":0},"title":"VW Bus with a 3-Cylinder Radial Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bennetts Customs Co is a company in Australia specializes in custom hot rods and fabrication. 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