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Have heard good reports on this conversion, and had a look round a local doka at the weekend with a 2.3 fitted, looks to be a tidy way to go with, reportadly a good spread of torque. Anybody had any experience of this set up, or know where to find an adapter plate please.I believe this is a favourit...

Asaharts, just checked the thread and see your back!, the van i mentioned in my previous post now sits on our drive, not sure what adapter is used, but looks quite a tidy cast aluminium part, that along with the overall condition of the van clinched the deal, as i had priced the parts from kennedys,...

Thank for the reply dick, wise words, just kicking a few ideas around at the moment, long term project when funds allow!, have been told audi do a transaxle, anyone know if there was, or is, an audi v8 connected to there own transaxle, the idea of a one marque donor would seem apealing, plus the gea...

Dickspanner, you mention a german doka with a mid mounted motor, where do you source the parts, tranaxle? I am thinking along these lines, was thinking rover v8 with a renault transaxle, but if all the parts can be sourced from one vehicle, sounds like the way to go

Might sound like a strange idea, but, as these motors and parts seem interchangeable, would a 1600 diesel exhaust manifold bolt on, then you get to swear about those bent metal clips to hang the donw pipe on with, , you would then have a simpler single down pipe to work with, just an idea.

Think i will take you up on your offer to come and have a chat and see what you have collected andy, am interested in the feedback from anyone who has done the swap and is happy with the results, any info gleaned now could save time later on. Are you doing the next splitterz meet?

Glad i butted in on this thread now, sorry bout that, have put another wbx in the panel for now, but have all the diesel parts here to mount a gti motor. Have read that there is a variation in size of the inlet manifolds, see that you mention a dx code technohippy, is this the one you used, what yea...

have been mulling over a gti conversion, how do you rate it against the waterboxer, did you use an 1800 or 2 litre motor, are there any problems doing it, have heard you have to mod the fuel tank with a swirl pot, any comments apreciated.

Asahartz, just done a search and found your build, have you got it all sorted now, wbx went bang in our panel van, so now looking for an alternative long term conversion, then out of the blue a bloke started talking about a rover v8 t25 he wanted to sell, is that fate? :lol:. Am i right in thinking ...

Thanks for that simon, will see what i can find, like the idea of the cable tie, will give that a go, cheers, andy

As above for a 1.9 dg water boxer, thought i saw an article about these a couple of months ago, changing tubes without taking heads off, one has sprung a leek, need to get it done asap,any ideas who can supply them please as i am hoping to get the crewie tested this week. andy,

was talking to a bloke who was running a renault on gas, seemed well up on the subject, he did mention some engines benifitting from the use of 'flashlube', you can find it on e bay , no suprise there then!. as a kit, has anybody used this, is it needed on a dub engine, he said it was to lube the bi...

Well, so much for my 'cheap' exhaust, 9.99 start, finished at 142.00, wow!! Good luck to you if the sellers on here, think i'm off to gsf,

thanks for that, the pair of you, will see what i can find, did'nt want to buy a 'bargain' then find it does'nt fit

Can anyone tell me the difference in exhaust systems for this engine, according to the gsf catalouge they change after 85, will a later system fit the earlier engine please, cant get the s/s system i want, so looking at 2nd systems to get me on the road and mot'd