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Does anyone know of any RWD projects Kit cars using the volkswagen 1.8 20v Turbo engine? If so what gear box was being used! Any Knowledge appreciated  |
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RobinJI
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Unfortunately there is no bolt on RWD box for the 20vt (or any other VW 4-pot of the same lineage). Adapter plates have been made to bolt the engines up to various boxes, in particular the 1.9tdi's into 4x4s and there's a kit-car manufacturer on the continent (dutch I think?) that make a Seven like thing using the 20vt engine, but I'm not sure what they do about the box.
It's a pretty normal mounting on the engine anyway, plenty of flywheel/clutch sizes will bolt straight up, the starter motors's on the box rather than the engine. The Passat/A4 engines even already have a sump, manifolds and mounts to suit longitudinal mounting, so at least that's all sorted already. (Passat sump's front bowl by the way, although the 'shallow' section at the rear's still quite deap, I doubt you'd get a full size cross-member and rack in it.)
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The old LT28 were RWD and had a VW/Audi 2.0 four pot petrol lump.
Paul h
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The old LT28 were RWD and had a VW/Audi 2.0 four pot petrol lump. Paul h Wrong 4 pot petrol lump unfortunately. It's more related to the 5 cylinder engines than the other 4 pots from what I've seen. Unfortunately the box won't go on any other 4 pot VW engine as far as I'm aware. |
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The old LT28 were RWD and had a VW/Audi 2.0 four pot petrol lump. Paul h Wrong 4 pot petrol lump unfortunately. It's more related to the 5 cylinder engines than the other 4 pots from what I've seen. Unfortunately the box won't go on any other 4 pot VW engine as far as I'm aware. That doesn't surprise me. I had a GL5 Passat with duff engine and wanted to convert to diesel. There was a lot of changes required like crossmember / mounts as well as gearbox. In the end not worth the effort. Paul H |
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the vw lt35/40s had a 5 pot engine,
use that with a passat lump as it faces the right way so is a start,.
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Yes, Donkervoort use them in the D8. Still with a Ford Sierra box, albeit uprated.
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What about a 944 rear transaxle. Not seen a kit car but I have seen one in a 944 before plus better weight distribution.
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