Australian VW Performance Centre

13/10/2026

We apologise if you have tried to reach out via email or phone. We had 4 weeks away and now have come back to work and are trying to work through our backlog. We unfortunately lost quite a few emails and missed alot of phone calls. Sorry for the inconvenience. We look forward to hearing from you again soon. Thanks AVWPC

14/09/2026

HOLIDAY CLOSURE – LAST DAY FOR PARTS ORDERS 🔧

Just a quick reminder to all of our wonderful customers that today is the last day to place any parts orders before we close for our family holiday.

Australian VW Performance Centre will be closed from Wednesday 16th September and will reopen Monday 12th October.

If you need any parts for your vintage Volkswagen, please get your order through to us today so we can have it packed and sent before we close.

Any online orders placed while we're away will be attended to and dispatched once we return.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to say a genuine thank you to all of our customers. We're very fortunate to deal with so many fantastic people, and we truly appreciate your continued support of our small family business.

We'll see you all when we're back, refreshed and ready to get back into all things air-cooled! ❤️

Australian VW Performance Centre

03/09/2026

2276cc that is getting close to the end for us. This was a fix up job that had multiple problems with it. We have given it all a good go over and should be like new again.

27/08/2026

27/08/2026

New kombi Pick-up Canvas Cover we made in house by Steve our Trimmer. This is a great period looking custom Cover. Just some of the things we can make happen. Get in touch if you have any motor trimming needs. 0397614540

27/08/2026

This is an engine shipped down from NSW. It had some bad stuff going on. The rear end float must have been set to tight and picked up material. It totally destroyed the rear bearings thrust surface. When we pulled it apart we found the cam and lifters were also destroyed. All lifter bores were warn badly.
Lucky we know how to fix this. We machined the lifter holes out, installed the bronze bushes and then machined and finish reamed the bushings. The ended up measuring 18.99mm to 19.00 absolutely perfect. With new lifters they will have .0015''. We have done this quite a few times now and works out great.

21/08/2026

Another 1911cc (96x66). This come in with a noisy cam. Ended up that it had eaten a thrust face off of the cam bearing. We found the cam had .006" of taper on it causing alot of load. This would have led to the failure. In doing all this it also had a .005" bend in the crank and case needed a line bore. We fitted new 96mm pistons and cylinders. We reconditioned the heads and fitted new valves. Gave it our usual pretty up and fitted a set of our 40idf webers. Has come up really nice.

18/08/2026

A little insight as to some of the work that goes into a 1200cc Formula vee motor. This was a big job as it was completely destroyed. We got it all repaired up and now its back with the owner. Made some very impressive numbers for a small 1200.

31/07/2026

Was installing some case savers into this old 1200 case to make the studs have a new life into some steel inserts. We also are making our own case savers that actually work. Alot of the rubbish on the market just doesn't fit.

31/07/2026

Had the crank grinder cranking today. This is a little 1200cc race crank for a formula vee motor that blew up.