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posted on August 19th, 2011 at 10:49 PM
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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



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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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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, 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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posted on August 20th, 2011 at 12:20 PM



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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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



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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