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 tothemaxx
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 01:22 PM |
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1600 engine in a left hand vw
Hi guys,
Just need some advice. I've got a KG lowlight that is comming in a looking at purchasing a beetle 1600 engine to replace the 1200 that is in my car.
Would this be a straight easy swap or there will have to be a changes made due to my car being left hand drive. Any help would really be appreciated.
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 01:53 PM |
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1600's are 12 volt and your 1200 is 6 volt
There will be a muck around with the flywheel fitting in the bell housing or you will need to change gear boxes or..........................
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 02:07 PM |
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12V to 6V, flywheel and clutch are the main things. as Bizarre says.
Also some subtle wiring differences... 1600's had an electric auto-choke, while lowlight Ghia's would have had a manual cable-pull choke for
example... oh and 1600's also have an electro-mag cutoff on the pilot jet in the carb.
They're all just because of developments that VW made with the engines, and all very do-able... being Left or Right hand drive doesn't really come
into it.
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 02:07 PM |
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I know, I want to convert to 12 volt as 6v is a pain in the a. But I thought I just need to change the clutch and fly wheel only when it comes to the
gear box?
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 02:10 PM |
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Oh - actually, no - they're all EXTREMELY difficult things to do and will make your lowlight INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE to get on the road here.
I'll give you a couple of g for it so you can recoup some of your costs, and save you all the hassle...
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 02:12 PM |
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The 12V flywheel is bigger than the 6V one, so generally need to do some clearancing inside the bell housing is all.
You shouldn't have to change the gearbox that I can see... absolute worst case you just throw a 6V flywheel onto the 1600 engine.
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| posted on December 29th, 2011 at 11:44 AM |
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Clearancing I've been told is onlu about 1 millimeter around the bellhousing.
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