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This was aparently required after fitting a diesel engine!!
Ben
This!
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Good job that that didn't have to go through SVA
Phil
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Originally posted by loafersmate
This was aparently required after fitting a diesel engine!!
Ben
You see this quite often in Brazil, etc. where they have converted over to watercooled engines.
You can get a fibreglass shroud that goes around the radiator to tidy up the installation which doesn't look too bad when its all finished.
Bob
Not a diesel but a v6 ford. This is a common conversion down in SA and some are better than others. They did a lot of the newer type as well . As
the man said was air cooled but with very little power.
GILO Engineering has become well known for their quality and innovation.
Guido remembers when he was first making adapters to combine a Ford V6 and a VW gearbox, as the combination was used in off road sandmaster racing
cars, long before anyone thought of using it in a Microbus. It has since become one of the most popular transplants in South Africa.
According to Guido, at least one well known performance specialist claimed to have built a prototype V6 Microbus, that actually took shape in his own
workshop!
Today, there is hardly a motor on the South African market which will not fit onto a VW gearbox - as a large number of taxis use alternative power.
Later, when Guido started casting the adapters, he had problems getting aluminium of the right quality, that he was happy with. So GILO Engineering
bought a foundry and in consultation with the manufacturers of the aluminium ingots, has come up with a formulation that meets Guido's exacting
requirements.
Today's adapters are designed on sophisticated CAD software, cast in the special aluminium and machined on high tech numerically controlled
equipment in GILO Engineering's workshop.
There's more to the conversion industry than one might think, says Guido. For example, he makes adapters for all Japanese 2 - 4 ton trucks, like
the Mitsubishi Canter and Toyota Dyna, to take Ford V6's, Chev 2.5's or whatever other engines are available.
Tii imports a conversion kit to replace the 1.9 and 2.1 liter Waterboxer engine with a 2.0 liter inline Golf/Jetta engine. This complete kit is
approved by Volkswagen of South Africa. The engine utilizes the latest engine management technology with Bosch Motronic.
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[Edited on 16-11-04 by mangogrooveworkshop]
Almost unobtrusive, a bit of filler to blend it in and some maroon paint you'd never know it was there. Some people are way too fussy.
Couldn't you just run the old engine on diesel anyway 
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Originally posted by timf
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might have something to do with the fact that the old vw bus was air cooled originally
oh yeah!!
By the way, the hoses are about 100mm off the floor!! This beast belongs to a guy at work and he's abit of a stoner.......hence the bus!!
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Mark Allanson - 16/11/04 at 07:55 PMI wouldn't have thought it would be that effective, as soon as the air passes through the rad, it just hits the front panel!
Usual trick is to fit a Golf gti engine with a plate, and use the rad from an Audi coupe at the side
stephen_gusterson - 16/11/04 at 10:18 PMhillman imp had engine at the back. the radiator is also mounted at the back, and had rad hanging down, kinda scoops up the air from under the car with fan assistance.
had an imp 20 years + ago..... innovative in many ways.
atb
steve
Peteff - 17/11/04 at 01:55 AMEverybody moved it to the front and extended the piping with copper though. At least we did. It helped to keep the inside a bit warmer as well.
Rorty - 17/11/04 at 04:11 AMquote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
hillman imp had engine at the back. the radiator is also mounted at the back, and had rad hanging down, kinda scoops up the air from under the car with fan assistance.
had an imp 20 years + ago..... innovative in many ways.
atb
steve
God! Those were the days! I had a Stiletto (Imp with a fastback) with a R16 cam, twin choke Weber, extractors and Viva 13" rims. The thing kept warping the head untill I stuck a rad in the rear quarter panel.
stephen_gusterson - 17/11/04 at 10:05 AMwater pipes do go to the front of the imp - its the heater rad thats at the front nomtally!
never had water probs, but I did have the clutch diaphragm disintegrate, and the cam chain jump a tooth on the M1 motorway - resulting in a 20 mph top speed!
atb
steve
Peteff - 17/11/04 at 10:14 AMWe used to keep a spare engine to swap over while one was being fixed
We could do it in under an hour and have it running again in under two. You could put the Viva front hubs on to convert to disc as well. I read about it in CCC years ago. If they hadn't come out at the same time as Minis they would have been a lot better supported.
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