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Swap 2.0 for 1.8?

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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#130311
What's involved in replacing a 2.0L kombi motor with a 1.8L motor? Presumably it won't just bolt on to the gearbox...
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#130339
This has come up often, so double check with old posts!!
From memory you need to swap flywheel & clutch to run a 1.8L motor on the 2L GB.
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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#130374
Yeah I did try the search function but got nothing.

So do you mean that if I got the flywheel and clutch along with the 1.8L it would bolt straight onto my gearbox? That sounds do-able!
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#130475
The way I try to remember it is think of the GB + clutch + flywheel + starter as one unit, and the motor without flywheel as a unit.
Then you can swap them over.

Can anyone else confirm this is correct??
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11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#130523
If you swap the Bellhousing, Input shaft & Starter Motor with 1800 items then the 1800 motor,flywheel & clutch will bolt in
65 Meyers Manx
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