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I used to have a 1776 in my beetle. Stock heads, mildly ported, 110 cam, 1.25 rockers on bolt up shafts, merged header and twin 40 weber idf. It was my daily driver and ran great. Then I needed some money quick so I sold the carbs and fitted a solex 34. I rejetted to suit. I made sure the preheater pipe was clear.
To be honest, it still ran great with plenty of power.

Then I fitted a 1.4 tdi engine......