Can anyone help! I want to replace to pinto with a 16v golf engine? Or poss a 20v turbo!
This comes up from time to time, as does the Pug GTi engines. The general opinion seems to be that you'll need a custom design/manufacture bell
housing or bell housing adapter to mate the engine to a Ford box.
Adapters for more commonly used engines like the Vauxhaul XE and Toyota 4AGE are readily available at a cost.
Do/Did VW/Audi etc make any suitable RWD boxes?
Nick
The only rear wheel drive VW/audi group vehicles I can think of are vans/minibuses and the 924. Whether or not thier gearboxs would fit latter engines is another problem.
Nothing is impossible........
This plops an Alfa V6 onto a Ford T9
not impossible, but probably quite expensive
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Originally posted by Edsanutcase
Can anyone help! I want to replace to pinto with a 16v golf engine? Or poss a 20v turbo!
I think these chappies have been fitting Audi/VW motors to Locost's : http://www.racetech.ee
Drop them a mail and see what they say..
Cheers,
Neil.
Sure i saw a VW powered 7 on ebay recently, don't know how to do links so even if i found it i couldn't show you. Sorry.
I think there has been an article in Practical performance car about making your own adaptors, not sure which issue it was in but they mentioned in Issue 7 that it would be in a later issue.
Thought I should chime in as I'm using a VW engine. Its a brazilian AP, extremely tuneable (in excess of 140bhp after a head job, angles on vavles, new camshaft and bigger carb) it was originally based on the VW Germany engine put into the 924....its very similar to latest golf/polo block, so much so that the head off the golf (crossflow) will go straight onto my block. As for height, I increased the scuttle 1 inch, and the bonnet at that point, theres a hole for the filter in the bonnet too, poking throuhj about 20mm max, looks pretty good. Remember its on a carb, injection may change that and the induction system is on the other side to mine, exhaust the same. Go for it!
Forgot to say I chopped the sump quite a bit too, necessitating an oil cooler to increase oil capacity just in case. Look at the estfield site,
especially here http://www.racetech.ee/a/images/vw_2,0_01_2004/web2/p5100154.jpg
for a pic of VW 16v lump with Lada running gear!!!
Tim
i have seen a dutch company put vw engines in a 7 type car i think its called a donkervort not sure of the spelling tho
they must be using a rwd box they look very well put together
dave
Thanks chaps! I will get on with it and let you know.
did you ever find out if there was an adapter available ??
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Originally posted by alfasudsprint
Thought I should chime in as I'm using a VW engine. Its a brazilian AP, extremely tuneable (in excess of 140bhp after a head job, angles on vavles, new camshaft and bigger carb) it was originally based on the VW Germany engine put into the 924....its very similar to latest golf/polo block, so much so that the head off the golf (crossflow) will go straight onto my block. As for height, I increased the scuttle 1 inch, and the bonnet at that point, theres a hole for the filter in the bonnet too, poking throuhj about 20mm max, looks pretty good. Remember its on a carb, injection may change that and the induction system is on the other side to mine, exhaust the same. Go for it!
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Originally posted by nick205
not impossible, but probably quite expensive
NS you are quite right!
The bellhousing was featured in PPC mag a couple issues ago. Really nice piece of kit- and cost very little
I'll get the issue number if anyone needs it.
chris
Just found this link at the US Locost site.
Cory
http://www.tigersportscars.nl/Bellhousings.htm
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Originally posted by 8smokingbarrels
NS you are quite right!
The bellhousing was featured in PPC mag a couple issues ago. Really nice piece of kit- and cost very little
I'll get the issue number if anyone needs it.
chris
The "bellhousing" issue is PPC Dec 2005. There is one on ebay right now.
in that case can you not use the 924 transmission setup? that was rwd?
The 924 had a transaxle, ie gearbox at the back, so no use for Locost.
I think I saw something in PPC mag about using Volvo boxes for AUDI engines ???
I'll check