You still have to bang some metal to allow manifold clearance with the below mentioned manifold. Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 albell@uvic.ca http://homepage.mac.com/alistairbell/home/
on 9/24/02 9:15 PM, Simon Reinhardt wrote: > You should be able to put an intake manifold from an '85-'92 Golf or > Jetta on the Fox motor. This will move the throttle body to the other > end of the manifold (rear of the bus), and should preclude your having > to bang the metal out. > Someone else mentioned the low power output of a Fox motor- this is > true, but it's largely due to the exhaust design, a 4-into-1 manifold. > Get the manifold off of an early Dasher or Quantum, and you'll get a > 10% power increase. > Of course, there's no replacement for displacement, but there are a lot > of camshaft choices out there that can help even a 1.8 do well. > Best of all, once you're converted, you can re-use all those spiffy > diesel parts on any 2L engine you might find... > -Simon > > On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 08:21 PM, john Runberg wrote: > >> Has anyone installed a 1990 or newer Fox engine into Vanagon using the >> diesel mounts? Did you have to bang the sheet metal to clear the >> intake? I >> have a line on a 90 Fox with new engine and bad tranny for a real good >> price... >> >> john >> |
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