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RE: [T3] Type 3 to Type 1 Engine Swap


It constantly overheated.  I think that there was too much free air space
and not enough of it going directly to where it was needed.  The engine died
from a pissed off owner >:( that flooded the engine and scratched the hell
out of the pistons. 
I almost forgot, you have to have a certain kind of engine that has the
holes for the cross-beam.  

Donovan Rogers




-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Daley [mailto:todd@datacom.ca]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 5:27 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Type 3 to Type 1 Engine Swap




Donovan_Rogers@Dell.com wrote:

> I did it. It can be done.  IT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.  The engine
> will stick out the hole about 8 inches (clearance included).  Mine was a
> leaky 1972 automatic and in order to get to the transmission dipstick the
> tube had to bent a little and was still a pain to get to.  I had to build
a
> custom housing that covered the entire back trunk space.  Did I mention
that
> it looked very weird!?  The engine died and I sold it and bought a normal
> Squareback.

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Why did it die ??  I'm assuming it is because of overheating from
recalculating
the cooling air........ which is why this conversion should not be done in
the
first place......

Todd Daley
71 Squareback
71 Fastback

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