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by eraserfish
16 Jun 2014, 09:50
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Converting a 1981 bus to a newer petrol motor
Replies: 16
Views: 3430

Re: Converting a 1981 bus to a newer petrol motor

Yup that's exactly what I was looking for, a practical answer and difficulty level. I'm a little ashamed of myself for missing the obvious about all the cooling differences. I was being a dum-dum and just thinking about physical size, motor mounts and gearing. So this is probably a no-go and I will ...
by eraserfish
16 Jun 2014, 06:28
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Converting a 1981 bus to a newer petrol motor
Replies: 16
Views: 3430

Re: Converting a 1981 bus to a newer petrol motor

I just got an email back from the owner. He says the motor is the original air cooled CT (1600). I looked in alternative forums, but didn't find what I'm looking for. I don't want an alternative motor, I want to convert this 1981 bus to having an standard bus motor 2.1 MV or DJ. So I guess the bette...
by eraserfish
15 Jun 2014, 08:34
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Converting a 1981 bus to a newer petrol motor
Replies: 16
Views: 3430

Converting a 1981 bus to a newer petrol motor

In my search for new a new T3, I occassionally come across a bus that it's in great shape but with a bad motor. I know there are some companies out there who will do a motor swap which usually just includes block and heads. But what if I don't fancy the original motor at all, and want something bigg...
by eraserfish
12 Jun 2014, 12:43
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Complete list of T3 motors and names
Replies: 1
Views: 808

Complete list of T3 motors and names

Cheers, just trying to come up with a complete list of these rascal names for the T3 motors. I'm in Germany so they list everything in kw and PS rather than BHP. If anyone has a better list or link to one or can help me with this one, it would probably be of interest to many of us. Broken down by ty...