Alternative power-plants and transplants (GTi, Porsche, Subaru, Audi, diesel etc). Discussion and Q&A last answered over 2 years ago.
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Pepperami wrote:A Scooby will go a fair bit faster than your 70mph but that's not the point, At 70 mph we are at about 3,000rpm and we wont grind to a halt faced with a slight incline. We can move about on a motorway in safety as we can swap lanes to overtake. Not only that they sound bloomin gorgeous.
That IS wicked!! So no slow lane behind lorries then!
was....82 Westy, 80 Mk. 3 Transporter, 69 Bay
now....66 T1 LHD 1.6 Bus
Did mine completely myself, only used te conversion plate and a wiring diagram, if your any good with spanners welders and electrics it aint to hard, plus i get the massive satisfaction of knowing i did it myself and didnt just pay some one to do it for me!!!!!!
DJ at Dubdayz Summerfest Now cutting about in an LT35 MWB
I just paid someone to do mine as i haven't got a clue, I have no space (i have to park in a supermarket carpark) and most of all i am never satisfied with anything i ever do. I am also just paying Aiden to build a gearbox for me for the same reasons.
Yes you can put a set of carbs on the Subaru engine as I have seen this done a couple of times.
I would presume that you remove the blanking cap from the end of the cam shaft and just refit the standard electronic ignition just like the early 2.2's had.
When you look you can see that the dizzy drive is still on the end of the cam.
Flightpath wrote:Yes you can put a set of carbs on the Subaru engine as I have seen this done a couple of times.
I would presume that you remove the blanking cap from the end of the cam shaft and just refit the standard electronic ignition just like the early 2.2's had.
When you look you can see that the dizzy drive is still on the end of the cam.
This is great news! What carbs work?
was....82 Westy, 80 Mk. 3 Transporter, 69 Bay
now....66 T1 LHD 1.6 Bus
It's a fully integrated engine and management system. You'd lose the economy, guaranteed smoothness and perfect mixture at whatever load, rpm or temperature...
Then there's the jetting, which mfrs take months to get right themselves, even then leaving 'holes' in the carburretion under some conditions... then there's the dizzy, how are you going to get an ideal spark advance under all conditions without a rolling road for a few days
Yes, it'll run, I expect... It might even sound or (possibly) go faster at certain revs and throttle settings... but throughout from carelesslly lugging at 1500 right through to 6500, I doubt it'd be a match in any way. It'd be a project though... if you want one
HI Tony yes the wedding and honeymoon was great.
I have now joined the thumb on head club!!
Anyway I do agree with Harry Mann 100% there is no point at all putting carbs on this motor as I believe that the MPFI system was one of the best at the time and still is a fabulous system.
By putting carbs on would indeed require a serious session on a rolling road to get the jetting and ignition right, and its also a given that the fuel consumption in a heavy vehicle would not be at all amusing!
For the price of a decent set of carbs you could buy TWO fully drivable 2.2 Legacys.
Now there's a pause for thought?
Oh also what I failed to mention was that I saw the carb conversion in Beatles on the other side of the channel.
