[Vwdiesel] Diesel engine in Karmin Ghia VW etc.

[James Hansen]

Sure:
http://www.kennedyeng.com/

A source of 3 cylinder tdi's salvaged out of Lupos would be great.
Get that, then let the projects begin...

With the 3cyl tdi weight, it would be a good candidate for a rear engine 
car, as it's not too heavy, and has enough torque that it would get you 
around in traffic nicely.
Get all you can up front, battery, rad, etc.  BTW the front grills are 
for vent air to the passenger space.  Better place for the rad would be 
under the car, in front of the tranny- the Ghia had room for the gas 
heater/fire starter just in front of the transmission- I have an oil 
cooler there in mine, but there should be enough room for a custom rad, 
such as an aluminum race car rad with electric fans and ducting.

With a lighter motor such as the 3 cyl, it should work pretty good.

mikitka had forwarded this to Loren, who sent it to me:
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/news/1999/03/23/super-diesel.html
power to weight is pretty good.


Speaking of torque, a buddy found me a 6.6 duramax for reasonable price, 
I'm really tempted to  build a cobra with a chipped Isuzu-Duramax 
engine. really really tempted.

I would think it would make an acceptable ride.
:-)
And diesel too.
-james


Ron Schroeder wrote:
> This is getting me interested in what swaps are "eazy".   "Eazy" meaning
> that there are some off the shelf adapters.  The most common one that I know
> of is the VW watercooled engine to Samuari tranny.  Less common are VW
> watercooled engine to Tracker/Sidekick or Toyota pickup tranny.  You could
> then put the VW diesel into any small RWD vehicle like a Miata, MG etc.
> 
> Does anybody know of any other off the shelf tranny adapters?  How about VW
> watercooled engine to VW aircooled transaxle?
> 
> Does the Suzuki Swift/ Geo Metro transaxle have the same bellhousing as the
> Samuari since they both had 1.3L 4 cyl Suzuki engines?
> 
> Ron Schroeder
> WD8CDH
> '86 Golf diesel Rust Bucket with bad brakes
> 
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