Upgrading the old 74 fox

[Larry C Leung]

Yeah, when you mentioned the diff in the induction systems of the
sidesaddle vs longitudinal engines I realized the whole cup of tea was
going to be albit more involved. The electrics (crank angle sensors for a
tach signal for example) could be re-arranged, but the mechanicals are a
lot harder for me to route. 

LL - NY

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> writes:
>Larry C Leung writes:
>> Ah, well, hadn't looked into this myself. I guess that'll kill my 
>idea of
>> putting a Golf/Jetta/Passat2 TDI into a Quantum Syncro. Bummer. 
>
>There you're dealing with a whole 'nother set of issues...  The 
>Quantum
>Syncro has an I5 in it (same as 4Kq).  Putting a 4-cylinder TDI engine 
>in
>there is not a problem as far as space goes, but now you're going to 
>be
>dealing with gutting out all the CIS components, and figuring out how
>to put the TDI's EFI system in there.  Other things that depended on
>an ignition pulse (like the tachometer) won't have one any more...
>When doing these radically different engine swaps, space and fitment
>is usually the least of the worries.  It's the zillion other little
>niggling details that would make it a PITA, cost a fortune or kill 
>the
>project altogether.
>
>-Ti
>01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
>84 5000S 2.1 turbo
>80 4000 2.0
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