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js1uk 12th February 2011 09:00 AM

VW/AUDI engines
 
Hi everybody,
I have been looking at different engines for my car & have seen
alot of the 1.8 turbos going on fleabay for not alot of money.
I was wondering what gearboxes could be used with those.
I would suspect alot of the engine parts would be coded to the car it came off.
Has anybody used 1 ?????

Good building..

fabbyglass 12th February 2011 09:23 AM

Bike engine, loads easier loads lighter and makes a better brand of noise :cool:

twinturbo 12th February 2011 09:50 AM

You won't find an inline box from the VW stable.

TT

Talonmotorsport 12th February 2011 10:14 AM

If you can make an adaptor ring or cut and shut an ali or steel bell housing you should be able to mate any gear box to any engine. Don't forget that you don't have to use a ford gear box there are other rear wheel drive cars out there. BMW Mazda Vauxhall Nissan ect.

fabbyglass 12th February 2011 10:26 AM

Alphax kit cars of holland do a conversion for vag motors to ford gearbox...good folk too.:)

js1uk 12th February 2011 11:11 AM

I will look in to making a adaptor plate, I have the mt75 gearbox already.
Very quick answers, thanks........

alga 12th February 2011 11:23 AM

I suspect the cost of mating the box to the engine will negate the price benefit of the engine itself.

fabbyglass 12th February 2011 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alga (Post 53072)
I suspect the cost of mating the box to the engine will negate the price benefit of the engine itself.

All the more reason to fit a bike engine as it has it's own neat gearbox and will make most car engined 7's look stupid away from the staging lights....ooops I meant trafffic lights:rolleyes:

CaptainCrash1971 12th February 2011 12:04 PM

Yeah, if my Pinto should mysteriously stop working after IVA I'll be going the bike engined route me thinks.
Fancy a kwacker engine, always had an affinity for Kawasaki bikes and have worked loads on their engines. Got chance of an old ZZR1100 C2 model, low miles for a grand, but don't think I'll get much for the frame and bodywork for such an old model. Plus I don't have a spare grand!!!

fabbyglass 12th February 2011 12:09 PM

kawasaki gets my vote, never been a Honda fan as no matter how quick they are i just see..."superdream"...:D


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