Thoughts on a Ford Clevo in a Kombi... doable and how much of a pain?

Schmoburger · 2010-05-20T06:44:26+00:00

Allllllrighty!... I'm going to be hoiking the 302 Cleveland motor out of my XD soon and throwing in a worked 351. The 302 should still be a good candidate as a rebuilder, so that is just what I intend to do... rebuild it... just cos I can.🙅 Now, I had a hairbrain idea the other day involving replacing the clapped out EA81 in my scoobydoo powered '76 Microbus project with something a little more sprightly... then the diabolical idea involving the Kombi and the soon to be spare V8 came to mind!🤓 Sooooo... dunno if it's been done before or if it's even feasibly possible, so I thought I'd ask for some opinions from the more adventurous people out there? Dya reckon a Clevo could be crammed in there with the gearbox remaining where it is, would it require a bit of of modding of the engine lid and beavertail, if so, would ground clearance be any good, or is it just too big an engine to fit in that kinda hole? Thoughts?... ideas? Bearing in mind I'm not going to go out of my way to find a V8 that WILL fit if a Cleveland won't... I'll just keep it Scooby. Cheers! Kieran

gazman Seriously Crusin Dubber

101 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 21 Jun 2010, 6:42 pm

#786105

Wasn't picking on the cast iron block, I just like bagging fords...

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 21 Jun 2010, 7:44 pm

#786136

well you better tuck into holden, chev and chrysler too. They are all made of the same metal. And actually, VW fwds all had iron blocks for ages. Better bag them too... or maybe not.

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jamiec Seriously Crusin Dubber

112 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 6 Jul 2010, 2:46 pm

#788904

And the jaguar v12 from 1971 was all alloy maybe drop one of them into the kombi🤪