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| posted on August 19th, 2011 at 10:49 PM |
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French Power
Only been reading the forum so far with lots of learning, now its time to start contributing
Has anyone fiddled with a Citroen GS flat 4 engine before?
http://www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-cars/michelin/gs/flat-4/engine.html
I'm hoping internals can be swapped for hi performance VW, or at least i guess the over head cams could fit on a VW
something a bit different
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| posted on August 19th, 2011 at 11:24 PM |
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You could try and do someThing like this, but after looking through the info I'd have to ask why? The only thing I can see is to be different which
wouldn't be good enough for me. But if you really want to do it, don't let me stop you.
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 posted on August 20th, 2011 at 01:27 AM |
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I have seen one of these engines in a beetle in a book
I think from the UK where these cars were common...
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| posted on August 20th, 2011 at 07:47 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Al92
, or at least i guess the over head cams could fit on a VW
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Where are they going to fit?
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Al92
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| posted on August 20th, 2011 at 12:20 PM |
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Sorry i meant doing an OHC conversion with the Citroen heads.
But i suppose there would not be much to gain, considering how much development has gone into the vw heads/engine an are all basically off the shelf
items.
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| posted on August 20th, 2011 at 01:21 PM |
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Yes they wouldn't fit in the engine bay....
and there is a 99% chance they wouldn't fit anyway without Major modifications...
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| posted on August 20th, 2011 at 11:07 PM |
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If I remember correctly, Ferdinand Porsche designed some of these while in french captivity after WW2.
And no, I don't think there'd be any great gain in using them. For the effort, Subaru heads would be better, cheaper, have more cam options and be
easier to find. Course it's all a waste really. You'd be better off swapping to a whole EJ than just using the heads. I mean it has been done, but
the EJ has more crank bearings and a better block too.
Then again I spose it depends what you want.
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