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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 02:55 PM |
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question on EJ's
has anyone that has done this got diagrams of where needed to be cut for clearance for both the engine and the box when moved forwards, also how has
everyone mounted the box, just at a quick glance i had the thought of maybe reversing the original thing, would give you about 2-4cm more space, oh
and are all the intake mainfolds the same on the 2, 2.2 and 2.5L engines
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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 03:17 PM |
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Might be worth your while to give Custom Off Road a call.
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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 06:56 PM |
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If it is to go in a bug....then reversing the back mount is exactly what you do...then get(or make) the berg style intermediate mount and get rid of
the front box mount. When cutting the fire wall...it will depend on whether a turbo and an intercooler is needed..and what type of cooler(water to air
hardly any cutting). The only cutting at the back is for the cam covers...best to make the beaver panel removable ...I cut the whole back off and the
gaurds hold in the rear panel. It is supported with steel bracing although I do not have any bumper bar mounts...can weld some new ones in if need
be!
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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 08:17 PM |
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Matt, before you go putting another EJ in a VW can you buy a decent camera please.
[ Edited on 20-12-2005 by pete wood ]
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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 09:48 PM |
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I would say you are fitting a ej20T turbo motor and looking to move the motor foward to get ballance .
I dont see any other point to this ? the throttel inverter brad makes works a treat making room for the fire wall .you then would not have a issue
with the manifold .
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| posted on December 20th, 2005 at 11:22 PM |
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it was my understanding that the move foreard was to prevent the cam belt cover sticking out the arse of the bug, balance is a benefit i guess,
inverter is necessary yes will be using one but nope its not for a turbo ej
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| posted on March 17th, 2006 at 01:33 PM |
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Guys,
I am in the process of slowly installing an EJ20T into a 1968 beetle. It is a swingaxle, so I can not move the trans forward, do you think I could
trim or not run the plastic timing belt cover and get away not having the engine stick out by the apron/fender area?
Thanks!
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| posted on March 17th, 2006 at 11:00 PM |
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I am in the process of slowly installing an EJ20T into a 1968 beetle. It is a swingaxle, so I can not move the trans forward, do you think I could
trim or not run the plastic timing belt cover and get away not having the engine stick out by the apron/fender area?
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I had the EJ20 quad cam on my swing axle bug and the timing belt cover just interfered with the fenders about 1.5 cm and the air intake really was in
the way of the left fender but that could be fixed by adding a different tube to it.
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| posted on March 20th, 2006 at 02:40 AM |
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I am in the process of slowly installing an EJ20T into a 1968 beetle. It is a swingaxle, so I can not move the trans forward, do you think I could
trim or not run the plastic timing belt cover and get away not having the engine stick out by the apron/fender area?
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I had the EJ20 quad cam on my swing axle bug and the timing belt cover just interfered with the fenders about 1.5 cm and the air intake really was in
the way of the left fender but that could be fixed by adding a different tube to it.
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So theoretically i could remove the timing belt cover and keep everything under the fender/apron area... Not that I really want to do this but I'm
just exploring my options.
Thanks,
Alden
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| posted on March 20th, 2006 at 09:13 AM |
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the problem is there is a timing belt behind the timing belt cover.
If you remove the cover to make it fit, your belt and sprockets may still touch. If they do clear, make sure it is by a clear margain, because as you
accelerate the motor will twist on it's mounts and things will get closer to touching. It could be a nasty surprise on the first test run.
I wouldn't put much more power into a swingaxle anyway.
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