Making your own engine adaptor plate?

Bugsy_malone 666 · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

Well the adaptor plate (which after several weeks I'm still waiting for) which I'm getting is cast for golf type lay back engine.

I did wonder if I could alter it but then I looked at the pics and realised thats not really a suitable idea because of the way its made, really I could do with getting hold of a lump of alloy and using this as a template!

I know what your saying about the angle thing, another annoyance with the polo engines is the dizzy is on the end of the head, Ideal I dont want to chop a hole in the firewall for it, it would be better if there was another way to have ignition without that sticking out dizzy.

I have been offered an 80s 1300 polo engine for about 30 quid (dont know what the condition/completenss is like but its someone I know, apparently its about 55bhp, how different are the GT engine? I did think a nice renault 5 carb (already jetted for 1400cc) and a small turbo could make a fun engine for minimal work.

The final alternative is if someone can help me track down a really cheap 1500cc engine (petrol or diesel) mainly because its a 74 1303 im playing with the idea of and its 1300 tax group which is £120 a year, ideal I'd like to keep it 65 quid cheaper than my golf by staying under 1500cc. at the same time i need a bit more poke out of it, 1500 diesel wont pull skin of custard according to the book, but if it could be turbo charged I could keep it all nice an economical and not to slow.

as regards to the clutch situation im sure there are plenty of VAG flywheels to go with this, when you bought the adaptor kits originally from cool air a few years back, the flywheel was a audi 80 flywheel with beetle ring gear pressed on, so maybe a local machine shop could do that for me. I dont want to go huge massive complicated, i just want to make my 1303 a bit more practical/daily its got a huge porsche bodykit and has plently of places for a rad without looking out of place!
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72panelvan · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:16 am Post subject:

Looks very similar to a kennedy plate! Maybe an earlier version or a copy. Looks to have been drilled for a 15 deg slant.

Would be interesting to know if the polo engine would fit under a beetle deck lid. def a market for plates as they are great little engines.

Bugsy_malone 666 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:57 am Post subject:

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13 window deluxe · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

and the engine hanging of the end of the gearbox!!!!!!!!
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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi

13 window deluxe · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

i have seen distributors reversed before (ie facing back towards the engine)mounted on a alloy plate bolted to the original dissy mountings on both a opel kadet and vauxhall manta with red top 20xe engines to avoid cutting the bulkhead the one i saw used a tiny toothed belt like a cam belt and 2 alloy gears seemed to work a treat, maybe you could investigate this? or use a distibutor bevel gear like on a suzuki sj jeep these were fitted to the sj to fit the dissy at 90 degrees to avoid the bulkhead as it was the same motor as a swift but on the swift it was on staright over the gearbox as the engine was transveresly mounted
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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi