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bingo Learner Dubber

2 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#26818
G'day, great site blah, blah, just jokes!
I was just wondering if anyone out there has installed any v8's into their vw's. What mods did you do and are you able to get registered(full rego). Looking at using a type 3 chassis as a base for a ...ahem.... kitcar. Any info related would be great.

cheers!😎

IvanTheTerrible Learner Dubber

7 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#27427
A mate converted a fastback to a ute and installed an alloy Oldsmobile 355CI motor. It was great but we had 2 main problems. We couldn't keep gearboxs up to it and we couldn't keep the front wheels on the ground.

aussiebug Officially Full-On Dubber

246 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#27543
http://www.kennedyeng.com has quite a list of adaptor plate for putting engines in bugs - including some V8 engines.

Someone here (I forget his handle) in NSW has a 4.4 litre P76 engine (light - aluminium) in his bus.
Rob
Rob and Dave's aircooled VW pages
Repairs and maintenance for the home mechanic
http://www.vw-resource.com

OvalGlen Custom Title Time!

1,361 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#27660
please use quad cam V8 's or big Blocks (over 400ci ) otherwise your just "not serious "😀
Regards,Glenn>

kombi_kid Moderator Good Kid too many projects

124 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#27707
hey
thats just it if u dont go big theres no point!!!! but keeping the g'box's upto it sounds like a task!!!!!
might have to modify the whole rear end to like a ford GT box and a big block 452 or new XR8 250 Kw mmmmmmmmmmm sounds like a plan!!!!
cheers
rhys
it aint just cool its aircool'd

70AutoStik Insano Dub Head

730 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#28650
In answer to Quikbug's question - No, according to the information porvided, it is not a legal conversion. A quick look will show you a vic number plate - the only possibilty would be another chassis with a beetle body registered as a "rebodied" - not bloody likely these days!!! Not in vic, anyway... If it were real, it would have cost a creditable fortune (and probably been registered in another state.)

eric Learner Dubber

11 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#28724
Quickbug wrote:I didnt think it was a legal conversion anymore?!?!?
:o
It never was easily legal but anything is legal if you can get an engineers certificate for it.

RTA says that replacement engines must be in the same location as the original & must be within 15% of the capacity or power(whichever comes first) of the largest or most powerful manufacturer's engine option for that model of car to be able to get by without engineer certification, strangly they aren't so strict on engine mods, in effect you can legally get more power from your original engine without the certificate than you legally could with any other motor you could bolt in their.

[Edited on 27-2-2003 by eric]

aussiebug Officially Full-On Dubber

246 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#28729

RTA says that replacement engines must be in the same location as the original & must be within 15% of the capacity or power(whichever comes first) of the largest or most powerful manufacturer's engine option for that model of car to be able to get by without engineer certification,
[Edited on 27-2-2003 by eric]
Ok - so we takes an 1800 kombi engine (with the right engine number of course) - which is 12% larger in capacity than the 1600 bug engine), and registers it that way.

Then we take the 1800 case and make it a 2600 Type4 engine with about 150hp and they won't turn a hair- right?

Hmmm.

There seems to be slight differences betwen states too - I'm told that here in Adelaide you can put a 2 litre engine in a bug - and that's it - no specification as to what sort of engine as far as I know - it's a CAPACITY limit and that it.

[Edited on 27-2-2003 by aussiebug]
Rob
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Repairs and maintenance for the home mechanic
http://www.vw-resource.com

Quickbug Officially Full-On Dubber

363 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#28821
Yeah i knew about the capacity thing.
Also i dont think (in nsw at least) you can go from a 4 to an 8. 6 is the most.

But capacity is hard to prove.
As aussiebug pointed out.
My rego papers say 1584cc but my engine is 2180cc........ no one can tell the difference....
http://au.geocities.com/imgoindahell/Thumper.html