You do know that the deck lid will not close over a cross flow motor, right? My set-up with a 5sp rides on 83 bars.. Don Hanson On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Michael Snow <slowmachine82@gmail.com>wrote: > On 12/04/2011 01:59 PM, Jim Arnott wrote: > >> Inline replacing a waterboxer. I keep getting ambiguous answers. >> >> Question: '84 wasserboxer. >> >> I have diesel bellhousing. Plan is a 2.0 cross flow gas motor at 50 >> deg. Keeping stock wasserboxer gearbox. Do I need the '82 carrier >> bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this >> project a bolt-in? >> >> Again: >> '84 waterboxer >> 50 deg install >> Keeping original 091 four speed gearbox in original location >> Using '82 diesel bell housing >> >> '82 carrier bars or '83/4 carrier bars? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Jim >> > > I helped a friend do this with a 1.8 gas motor in October. Using the > '83 carrier bars, the WBX transmission with diesel bellhousing is a > bolt-in. I also have this setup in my '82 diesel. With the inline > crankshaft, you need to shorten the transmission input shaft or source > the correct replacement. Mine is shortened by abount 12mm. Don't > forget the pilot bearing, which is not used in the transverse installation. > > Mike > |
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