Diesel Classic Beetle???

[conrad]

Has anyone done one? If not, i want to.... another for my long list of future projects i may or may not get to.

And for your time reading this, have some bugs

[Rich606]

Probably. People have put most engines into Beetles. And the T25 transporter was available with a diesel, if you really weren't in a hurry to get anywhere (apparently), so one is readily available in a rear-engine configuration.

I guess it's far too soon for any of the new Subaru flat-four diesel engines to be appearing second hand yet...

[conrad]

well the firs tthing i did think of was the transporter diesel, and since you can fit these with jetta/pasast tds, and the later 1z and aaz 1.9tds from golfs, ventos and modern vw vans too, but I'm guessing space would be an issue, so maybe a baja style one with the engine exposed at the rear. I'd love to know if anyone knows of one thats been converted though, and to see it

[composimmonite]

What about turning gearbox round, swopping the CROWNwheel side and having mid engined ? Dummy suitcases, with insides cut out, can then be piled up to hide engine.

Paul H

[conrad]

well to be honest if i was makin it mid engined i wouldn't give a wibblepoo if you could see the engine ha ha ha, In fact i'd probably enjoy seeign people react to that.

[generally01]

A few years ago there was a team of girls who competed in Scrap heap challenge Scrappy races who plonked a diesel engine in a 1303 beetle.

Wasnt exactly a sleeper however.

[conrad]

Sept 5, 2010 18:23:14 GMT generally01 said:

A few years ago there was a team of girls who competed in Scrap heap challenge Scrappy races who plonked a diesel engine in a 1303 beetle.

Wasnt exactly a sleeper however.

anyone know if there's footage of that?

[xbo11ox]

Can you not get a flat-four diesel engine in some of those transporters? If so surely theres your engine donor. I suppose they would be watercooled like and probably end up with a fairly horrific driving experience.

[Mike D]

I'm pretty sure Subaru are the only people to ever produce a flat 4 diesel to the mass market, all teh diesel Transporters use a golf block canted over at 50 odd degrees

[Soopahfly]

Once upon a time, there was a diesel beetle prototype.
www.oneighturbo.com/history/porsche-museum-presents-special-exhibition-of-rare-vw-beetle-prototypes/

[93fxdl]

the scrapheap challenge "scrappy races" special used a peugeot lump and will see if i can find any footage on the web
however there was a vw made one (well 3 afaikr) of which i don't think any survive except a replica made using nos parts but afaicr it was a 2 cylinder engine which gave it the performance of a snail with gout
ttfn glenn

[Dave Dorson]

the 3 pot diesel motor out the lupo is possibly something that'll fit.

The "modern" bay window bus uses a similar petrol derivative of the engine, so you can make it fit using the adaptor that VW use to put that in.. VW Heritage will sell this item.

I'm fair sure someone's done it on VZi a while ago.

[waveman1500]

You must have missed this thread yesterday on a diesel Beetle:

retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=87829



Well, I suppose technically it's a hot bulb engine, not a diesel, but it does run on heavy fuel oil. Probably not very fast though. ;D

[conrad]

Sept 5, 2010 20:13:04 GMT 93fxdl said:

the scrapheap challenge "scrappy races" special used a peugeot lump and will see if I can find any footage on the web
however there was a vw made one (well 3 afaikr) of which I don't think any survive except a replica made using nos parts but afaicr it was a 2 cylinder engine which gave it the performance of a snail with gout
ttfn glenn

yeah i heard about the prototype... and a dead snail would probaby be more accurate.. the earlier petrol beetles pretty much fit the snail with gout description

[conrad]

Sept 5, 2010 23:10:49 GMT waveman1500 said:

You must have missed this thread yesterday on a diesel Beetle:

retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=87829



Well, I suppose technically it's a hot bulb engine, not a diesel, but it does run on heavy fuel oil. Probably not very fast though. ;D

thta was my thread, but i don't think that car actually works it seems to be jsut for a joke to display the hot bulb engine

[dan95x]

There was someone who did it on VZi - I just spent about an hour searching for the thread, so you can explain to my boss why I havent done any work this afternoon!

Only thread I can find is this one where he gets abuse/no belief for a lack of pictures, but I know I saw the pictures in the end, so he did do it! Cant find it under the username he used foir this post though, so I assume he re-signed up, but I know I saw them!

www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=538649

[retrowagen1234]

Theres someone else on vzi called bugsymalone666 and hes been gathering parts to build one for a long time now... not sure how its going ...

Best option i can think of is fitting a polo tdi engine? Due to the fact the new bays run those iirc

So if they are using the original style gearbox theres gotta be a crashed one somewhere that can offer is bellhousing/ adapter?

That "should" let you run any small block engine even a g40 lump should fit as long as they didnt change the bottom end too much later on... The mk3 diesel engines were alot like the petrol equiv..

[retrowagen1234]

ahh here ya go

g40 power.. so if you can figure that out , a diesel should go in..




Also this thread might be handy..

www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=217081&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[conrad]

^^ off to read that