Motor Swap Problems...

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Check with Rick Alexandeer. He's messing with the same sort of thing.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Krazy Horse" <nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Motor Swap Problems...
>Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 16:19:32 -0800
>
>I am prepping a G60 Turbo to be dropped into the Scirocco. I would love to 
>do this, only the rear mount is giving me some issues. I was told by a 
>reliable source that all I had to do was swap the motor mounts. Sounds 
>pretty easy, only the bolt pattern is way different (so much for 
>reliability). Only God knows why I didn't check it out before.
>
>I am now faced with two options:
>
>A. Change engines and attempt a 1.8 or 2.0 16v Turbo engine (I don't want 
>to go to 8v unless its a G60).
>
>B. Do something about this motor mount.
>
>I know with option "A" I will have to lower the compresstion, change my 
>turbo manifold, convert over to Digifart (because I already have the 
>injectors and FPR I want to use), and probably a few other costly things. 
>OTOH, I am not an ace fabricator. Option "B" will require me to rig up a 
>bracket or something along those lines.
>
>My questions is this: What the hell do I do?? I am really getting inbetween 
>a rock and a hard place. My parents are starting to get upset about having 
>this Scirocco in thier driveway so I will need to move it in the near 
>future. I would love to move it by using its own power. I am getting 
>desperate! Anyone on this list have experiance with dropping an A2 engine 
>into an A1??
>
>
>-Craig
>"Nightmare" '88 16v (PG-T Proj.)
>"Calypso" '91 Golf GL (Daily Driver)
>
>
>
>
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