ya thats my old bug ,2332cc engine.lots of extra power and totaly awesome gass millage.(about 35mpg when your foot isant always on the floor) the std vw engines are so under powered they have to works way to hard, thus tens to heat&eat them selves up and use a lot of fuel for no reason.
my old enco milldrill has the long round tube with rack&pinion to raise & lower it as well as rotate the entire head around. if yours has a similar system that dont raise possibly make a longer tube and add a rack& pinion or something...even a screw lift.. I've seen the ones like yours but just never really looked at them. Im just worried that all those flanges and the 4 bolts may not be "solid" enough. if possible if I were going to do it that way I might do some thinking on adding 2 or 4 more bolts or studs. keep up all the forward thinking!! and keep posting ideas and mods!!!thats what moves us all forward.