Hi there

just wondering has any one done the type 4 uprite conversion. which uses two lots of tin ware and cutting them up and welding together ?

I guess my real question is there any thing wrong with the conversion and pull the pin before i go any further ?

ive done the conversion with the sharpbuilt kit here is the engine

its a 2L t4 thats being fitted to a sbug. its a good conversion. i get better fuel consumption with it than the 1600tp give us a yell if you have anymore questions

Yea, go with the Sharpbuilt one, so straight forward and well thought out.

the instructions could be better and he could sell everything in the kit like the different bearing for the fly wheel. this is a must in a bug cause otherwise you will stuff the gearbox

Yeah I used the sharpbuilt kit but had to do a lot of fiddling to get it to fit right. Check out http://www.shoptalkforums.com  in the type4rum as lots of people have used the method of modifying the type IV tin etc.

hi

thanks guys for the help. yeah i got to deside what to do im like half way through the conversion now and got qouted around the $5000 to get me engine built and try'n to way up me options and maybe got a soobi motor instead.

Put another 2 or 3 grand on top of the 5 and you could have a pretty good watercooled Suby setup. There are a number of people in the "non VW engine conversions" forum that have heaps of info on what to do.

Even the info on putting the EJ22 into or bus has a fair slab of info that could help.

Conversion looks good but you might want to
think about crankcase ventilation/breathing?

Type IVs generate a bit - you can see Dasdubber has
a breater running to the oil filler pipe on the alt stand..

I had to make a breather tank (on oil filler pipe) with
a road tube for mine and I will cut the road tube off and do
a proper breather box set up when this air starts to
get 'dirty' when a few more miles are on the engine..

regards

RobK

thanks splitbusaustralia im actually going to make one that will be fitted to the airbox later