F20C · Aussieveedubbers

krisfreak Learner Dubber

8 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 28 Jun 2010, 8:45 pm

#787536

hi guys,
i got an F20C engine off a Honda S2000 and was thinkin of a transplant in my 75 beetle.. anyone familiar with similar transplant???

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,787 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Jun 2010, 8:51 pm

#787540

Its a staight 4 cylinder??

Doubt it would fit
Weights would be all wrong as well

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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 28 Jun 2010, 9:06 pm

#787559

http://bb.bbboy.net/vwengineconversions-viewforum?forum=7

http://bb.bbboy.net/vwengineconversions

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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 28 Jun 2010, 9:18 pm

#787575

Well, your first problem is that I believe the Honda engine spins the wrong way! This is actually an advantage, because it means that you can use an unmodified Subaru box instead of the VW one. If you wanted to keep the VW box for some reason, you would have to flip the differential, which isn't too hard. If you want to fit it in a Beetle, then you will struggle to keep it looking stockish, as the engine will protrude quite a distance out of the back of the car, you would have to remove the rear valance and engine lid and fabricate some sort of huge box like the US drag Beetles do. So basically, it's a very difficult conversion. Here's a video of a sort of Baja/floorpan buggy cross-over with a Honda engine fitted. As you can see by the lines of the bodyshell, the Honda engine sticks out by at least 30cm.