the big v8 question
bingo - February 17th, 2003 at 03:45 PM
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!
Bizarre - February 17th, 2003 at 03:57 PM
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=1809
3rd picture down
No idea who owns it but it had just been registered.
Very nice!
Quickbug - February 17th, 2003 at 04:30 PM
I didnt think it was a legal conversion anymore?!?!?
:o
IvanTheTerrible - February 20th, 2003 at 08:14 PM
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.
daz67 - February 20th, 2003 at 09:09 PM
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daz67 - February 20th, 2003 at 09:09 PM
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aussiebug - February 21st, 2003 at 04:05 PM
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.
OvalGlen - February 21st, 2003 at 10:19 PM
please use quad cam V8 's or big Blocks (over 400ci ) otherwise your just "not serious "
kombi_kid - February 22nd, 2003 at 10:31 AM
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
70AutoStik - February 27th, 2003 at 01:18 AM
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 - February 27th, 2003 at 02:42 PM
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posted by Quickbug
I didnt think it was a legal conversion anymore?!?!?
:o
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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 - February 27th, 2003 at 03:04 PM
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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]
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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]
Quickbug - February 27th, 2003 at 09:06 PM
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....