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Post by **Pepperami** » 02 Sep 2008, 18:58

You want more guts??? you know it makes sense!

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Post by **dugcati** » 02 Sep 2008, 19:11

mmmmm nice - but that means messin around putting in water pipes and chopping grills into the fornt of the van for a rad

Post by **mearnsy** » 02 Sep 2008, 20:06

Pepperami wrote:You want more guts??? you know it makes sense!
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Pepperami, i agree what sort of money are we talking?

My T25 is Aircooled and so i feel it may be a lot of work....

Have you seen this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCO4I4Am ... re=related

Post by **Therunner** » 03 Sep 2008, 14:08

You may as well sell it and get a watercooled one then.

We're going the 1776route with our Aircooled but keeping the Turbo diesel - for now anyway - as well

Melvin

Post by **Pepperami** » 03 Sep 2008, 17:23

Its not polite to talk about money in public

wacksoo is doing an air to water conversion he's the best man to ask as he is doing it himself.

Post by **jamesc76** » 03 Sep 2008, 18:33

Scooby converstions are NOT cheap esp if your paying someone to do it, plus as much as it is possible to covert air cooled to water cooled loads of bays and beetles have been converted it all adds to the cost of doing it, put it this way im a mechanic i have a mig welder access to steel for free and it still cost me about 1500 quid and must have took me about 10 hours ish to strip out the car for the engine and convert the wiring loom alone let alone make engine mounts, exhaust, coolant system adapted to suit!!! You try then adding purchasing and mounting radiators it soon adds up to alot of money sorry to pee on your bonfire etc!

Post by **Pepperami** » 03 Sep 2008, 18:43

No it's not cheap but YES!!! as James says there are two figures for this conversion You need to have a little mechanical knowledge even if someone else does it for you. You will encounter little problems and you have to sort them.

Oh! and when is enough enough because i want more already!

Post by **Therunner** » 03 Sep 2008, 18:44

Or you could have your CT built into something nice for a little over £1100?

Melvin

Post by **mearnsy** » 04 Sep 2008, 12:30

i was told last night that a dual quiet pack can make a difference in performance to a 1600, is this correct?

Post by **dugcati** » 04 Sep 2008, 14:33

Where can you get the dual quiet packs from? and how much are they?

Post by **jason k** » 04 Sep 2008, 17:03

empi dual quiet packs are the biggest pile of sh1te money can buy. i fitted one on my first bus and it was robbing power from the stock set up(proven on a dyno). plus they turn to rust in no time at all!! dont waste your money on such crap, go and buy one from bluebird customs or someone like turbo thomas.

Post by **dekker** » 06 Sep 2008, 08:40

Been running a 1776cc CT with twin carbs for a few months now, followed Laurie's advice. Would definately recommend you consider it. Makes the van sooooo much easier and relaxing to drive. You can actually accelerate (slowly) in 4th up motorway hills. Before any lose of momentum meant 3rd and 35-40mph until top of the hill.
I had a Bay window with 2.0CJ before this van, it wasn't as good on hills as this one is now.
MPG about the same as standard 1600CT, 22ish on a run. Kept 1600 gearbox as not concerned about top speed and this setup cruises nicely at 60mph.

Cheers, D

Post by **Therunner** » 06 Sep 2008, 18:54

Why would anyone need to go any faster than that

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