Hi,
Some of you might have seen my restoration of a mk1 4x4 on auto****e last year. Its a 1986 model with the old pushrod engine.
Its fine and all, but pretty underpowered. I would like to swap it out for something with a little more pep. I dont need to be tearing up the tarmac in a trafficlight grandprix or anything....just a bit more oomph to make it more comfortable in modern traffic.
So, I have questions. I did some searching this morning but couldnt find specific answers or contradicting information, so sorry if this gets asked every fortnight.....
1 - Most obvious - what engines will go in? Will they require shell modifications to the mounts? I assume the FIRE units are what we are talking about.
2 - What CC capacities and what donor cars would have them?
3 - Will these engines fit my existing gearbox? I hear the bolt battern might be different.
4 - Any way to modify that or will I need to find a later gearbox?
Legally here it should really be another carb-fed engine, but realistically I would prefer an injection unit. I reckon a single point injection would pass ok. However if there is a decent-ish modern carb fed engine, I would take that option to save hassles with wiring in an ECU and all that jazz.
Many Thanks.
Some of you might have seen my restoration of a mk1 4x4 on auto****e last year. Its a 1986 model with the old pushrod engine.
Its fine and all, but pretty underpowered. I would like to swap it out for something with a little more pep. I dont need to be tearing up the tarmac in a trafficlight grandprix or anything....just a bit more oomph to make it more comfortable in modern traffic.
So, I have questions. I did some searching this morning but couldnt find specific answers or contradicting information, so sorry if this gets asked every fortnight.....
1 - Most obvious - what engines will go in? Will they require shell modifications to the mounts? I assume the FIRE units are what we are talking about.
2 - What CC capacities and what donor cars would have them?
3 - Will these engines fit my existing gearbox? I hear the bolt battern might be different.
4 - Any way to modify that or will I need to find a later gearbox?
Legally here it should really be another carb-fed engine, but realistically I would prefer an injection unit. I reckon a single point injection would pass ok. However if there is a decent-ish modern carb fed engine, I would take that option to save hassles with wiring in an ECU and all that jazz.
Many Thanks.
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