The 3701 was developed as a liquid-cooled and narrower installation alternative to the four-cylinder
Hirth F-30 air-cooled engine of . The 3701 features triple Bing 34 mm slide carburetors or optionally fuel injection. The cylinder walls are electrochemically coated with
Nikasil. Standard starting is electric start and
recoil start is not available as an option. The reduction drive system available is the G-50 gearbox, with reduction ratios of 2.16:1, 2.29:1, 2.59:1, 3.16:1, or 3.65:1. The engine runs on a 50:1 pre-mix of
unleaded 93 octane auto fuel and oil, or optionally 100:1 oil injection. ==Variants==