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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 10:24 AM |
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golf motor into beetle
can anyone tell me whether a golf motor will fit into a beetle without cutting bodywork?
does anyone have any pics of this?
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 10:29 AM |
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Golf Engine in a Type 3
I saw a Golf engine in the rear of a T3 Fastback in an old Australian VW magazine. I can scan in some of the pics if you want to see what it was like!
I'd be surprised if you could get it in the back of a beetle without some surgery!
Steve
[Edited on 4-3-2003 by matara]
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 12:12 PM |
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It won't fit without cutting the deck lid. |
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 12:36 PM |
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hey any pics would b good thanks
im only thinking of a 1.8 mk2 gti engine for it plus i have a fiberglass tail on it
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 03:27 PM |
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 03:28 PM |
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 03:29 PM |
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 03:41 PM |
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Why?!?!
Is it a worthwhile conversion or you just wanna fool around?
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 07:47 PM |
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Thats what i want to know?
just buy a golf!
Keeping it real !
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| posted on March 4th, 2003 at 08:04 PM |
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Rally
the last picture, the grey one. I am pretty sure that is James's car - aka Superman / Supe / etc - the guy i was telling you about.
He is the founder of Superbeetlesonly.com
Pretty sure he would be happy to tell you about it if you contact him.
superman@superbeetlesonly.com
"I had a Rabbit, a 1.8l GTI sport model. I used this car to do the motor transplant. Modifications so far are the GTI engine, fuel system,
engine management electronics, and cooling system with the radiator in front. "
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on March 5th, 2003 at 09:17 AM |
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ok heres the reason, i looked at a type 4 2litre, outcome..... to expensive
watercooled boxer..... way to expensive
subaru/mazda etc ....... no way
golf motor..... cheap to buy, reliable, quicker than an aircooled stock 1600 and i can get an adaptor kit quite cheaply.
so i thought i will look at this option now as the 1st two i cannot afford to do and the 3rd isnt going into my volkswagen.
nothing wrong with my aircooled flat four but just looking for that little bit more.
golf motors are very cheap to buy in relation to vw flat fours, so thats why i want to go that way.
thank you guys for the pics and your help
cheers
Andrew
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| posted on March 5th, 2003 at 11:35 AM |
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Do you know roughly how much power they put out??
Id have thought building a 1916 or something bigger would have been similiar price with maybe more power?
What year model engine are u looking at?
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| posted on March 5th, 2003 at 05:36 PM |
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staying air cooled is simple.
Have u weighed up the cost of a cheap golf engine and heaps of plumbing, wires, engineering needs, fabrication etc AND just hotting up your air cooled
1600 to a strocker or something a little smaller?
do some number crunching, it doesnt even appear in your options that you have thought of this.
KEEP IT AIR COOLED ! 
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| posted on March 5th, 2003 at 05:49 PM |
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if ur going to the troble of going wtarecooled, why not just do a full conversion including gearbox and suspension? Hes a photo of a honda city, with
a camira engine in it. Put the whole lot in, struts, gear box , the lot, it goes really hard, trust me i was trying to catch it on a khanacross!!!! |
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 01:24 PM |
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what i now wanna know is how the hell does this go from a beetle to a honda??????
anyway i thought i would start with a 1600 golf motor seeing i can get one very cheap. and the cost of parts for said motor are really cheap.
as for the fabrication side of it i am a fitter by trade so there will be no problems with that.
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 06:27 PM |
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Good conversion I reckon . I fitted one to a customers off road racer and it went well. I'm putting one in a Manx now. Mark
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| posted on March 6th, 2003 at 09:14 PM |
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what I was refering to was ur just doing an engine swap, would it be worth while doing a full engine suspension, transmission swap? |
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