Bluesport Retro, Advice needed for transverse diesel convertion Options

[jules2c]

I do not know if anyone has done this before it just seemed a sensible idea at the time. The car had all the usual disasters and a few novel ones made by the factory! This may offend purists but it had been rearly abused and I could not believe the crazy design of just about everything. It was a 74 2.0 4, it has been stripped of most parts and I have been slowly welding it back to a solid structure.
The doors have very good alignment and operate as I assume they should but the roof will not align at the rear being flush on the right side and sticking out about 4 to 5mm on the left. I straightened the left long which was about 4 to 5mm high in the middle this seemed to make no difference. The fiberglass roof I assume is accurate as I have not come across fiberglass warping I just dont know. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Has anyone mounted a rad in the back of the car using the engine deck as the outlet feeding from the floor? More metal abuse tomorrow and the the next etc etc.

[geniusanthony]

I have no experience with that diesel, but have two related scenarios to offer. Since I assume a trans adapter to be necessary.

Whether you use a 901 type trans or the diesel VW, why not "clock" the engine to lay closer to flat? With the 901, you could lay the engine on its left side and dump the exhaust straight out the bottom... same thing for the VW trans.

Only consideration I see is the oil pan and pickup if the angle were too great..
Any splash oiling in that engine?
Do the dimensions work?

[jcd914]

I have no experience with that diesel, but have two related scenarios to offer. Since I assume a trans adapter to be necessary.

Whether you use a 901 type trans or the diesel VW, why not "clock" the engine to lay closer to flat? With the 901, you could lay the engine on its left side and dump the exhaust straight out the bottom... same thing for the VW trans.

Only consideration I see is the oil pan and pickup if the angle were too great..
Any splash oiling in that engine?
Do the dimensions work?

At least for the early VW diesel engine a pan and oil pick up are available for a laid over engine. VW put a diesel engine in and early Vanagon (1981?) and laid the engine over almost flat.
There are some out there using these part to put VW Golf engines in the Vanagon.
2.0L in-line 4 in the Vanagon is a nice upgrade.

Jim

[rohar]

I have no experience with that diesel, but have two related scenarios to offer. Since I assume a trans adapter to be necessary.

Whether you use a 901 type trans or the diesel VW, why not "clock" the engine to lay closer to flat? With the 901, you could lay the engine on its left side and dump the exhaust straight out the bottom... same thing for the VW trans.

Only consideration I see is the oil pan and pickup if the angle were too great..
Any splash oiling in that engine?
Do the dimensions work?

At least for the early VW diesel engine a pan and oil pick up are available for a laid over engine. VW put a diesel engine in and early Vanagon (1981?) and laid the engine over almost flat.
There are some out there using these part to put VW Golf engines in the Vanagon.
2.0L in-line 4 in the Vanagon is a nice upgrade.

Jim

Just so we're clear here, he's looking at plating the VW diesel transverse w/ the VW transmission so no bell-housing adapter would be necessary.

Have thought of tilting the next engine forward as suggested with the installation of th smaller engine this should give some idea of space available. The TDI engines dimensions are on the web but they do not have the gearbox fitted so I am a bit in the dark about size. If you know otherwise please let me know?

It's got 100mm flanges so axles should be pretty straight forward if you're going 5 lug. If not, the early 020 transmissions had 95mm flanges and I think they can be swapped out. The dimensions should be similar to the 02J found on the transverse gasoline cars as they use the same axles/fit in the same chassis. One's gonna be in the back of my truck next weekend, I'll take some measurements.