Date:         Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:15:02 -0800
Reply-To:     Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
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Dude, a turbo coupe is a really rare bird...get thee back over there and lay
claim to some of the good life!

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Oh, man, don't get this started.  There's an Audi Coupe GT Turbo Quattro in
> a nearby junkyard and I was able to walk past it last trip.  Maybe not the
> next one...
>
> Stephen
>
> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:18 PM
>
> Does KEP sell an adapter plate?
>
> -Craig
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The Audi 5 is a separate beast than the 4 cyls.  There are fiver
> > bell-housings from SA, but they're rare and expensive.  Personally, if
> I
> > were to undergo a gasser conversion, it'd be either the 2.3L turbo
> fiver or
> > a 1.8L turbo four.  Both a are stellar engines
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:44 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My understanding has been that the Audi 5 cylinder has the same
> mounting
> > > patters as the VW/Audi I4's and can mount up to a diesel bell
> housing.
> > This
> > > however is a problem being as you have a syncro, so you'd need to
> source
> > > the
> > > Diesel Syncro bell housing which relocates the starter. Then i assume
> all
> > > the diesel mounts could be modified to fit the I5 Audi engine and all
> > would
> > > be well.
> > > Or maybe the Overland Kit still exists somewhere and all the South
> > African
> > > parts to do it right are available....
> > >
> > > These are just my understandings and thoughts.
> > > The Diesel Syncro bell housings and gas tanks I see for sale from
> time to
> > > time, so they do exist.
> > >
> > > -Craig
> > > '85GL turned WESTY
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Adrian Bertarelli <
> > abertarelli@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fello van addicts,
> > > >
> > > > I love this community and the list, i have lurched here for
> years, and
> > > > i have turned to this forum more than once for advice in solving
> my
> > > > vans many quirks.  My poor syncro has been sitting and waiting
> for an
> > > > engine conversion for ever.  I always get close to doing it, but
> every
> > > > time i have enough money to do a conversion on her, life
> problems
> > > > creep up, the money gets used and the van sits, and the wife
> gets
> > > > frustrated with my obsession of keeping her and one day having
> my
> > > > dream van.  I am a big dreamer, and have put to many hours
> thinking
> > > > about which conversion to do, and spent to many hours in the
> salvage
> > > > yards dreaming.  I finally narrowed myself down and am about to
> pull
> > > > the trigger on a bostig deposit, when something on craigslist
> caught
> > > > my eye.  Someone local to me is selling a 86 vw quantum syncro
> with a
> > > > audi  2.2 5cyl in it.  It got me thinking about this conversion
> again.
> > > >  I once had an audi given to me as a donor for my syncro.  After
> the
> > > > audi 80 sat forever i finally gave it away because the physical
> parts
> > > > for this conversion where very expensive, and after dreaming
> about it
> > > > forever i finally decided to limp the boxer along.  Long story
> short,
> > > > i saw this quantum syncro and thought to myself what if.  I
> wonder if
> > > > vw used the same tranny in the quantum syncro as the vanagon
> syncro.
> > > > Or if the bell housing mounts are the same.  If so, it might be
> > > > possible to pick that engine out of the quantum with the bell
> housing
> > > > and stick it in the vanagon.  I would only be missing the motor
> mount
> > > > which you can get.  So I ask the list for wisdom, would this
> quantums
> > > > audi powerplant mount up to my vanagon tranny.  If the quantum
> had
> > > > been converted to this 5cyl the bell housing adapter might fit
> and all
> > > > i would need to find is the engine mounting bar and mounts.  It
> is a
> > > > crazy thought but it is in my area cheap and again i am a big
> dreamer.
> > > >  What do my fellow vanagon friends think.
> > > > Adrian
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Casey
> > '87 300TD
> > '94 100CSQ Avant
> > '89 Bluestar
> >
>
>
>
>
>


--
Casey
'87 300TD
'94 100CSQ Avant
'89 Bluestar