R1 STRIKER
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| posted on 24/6/06 at 02:23 PM |
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Audi/vw 1.8 T engine
I'm sure it's been discussed before but has any one found a bell housing to convert this engine to run a T9 gear box. I know Donkervort
are using it but not sure what box or bell housing they use.
Ben.
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 24/6/06 at 07:11 PM |
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Uprated Type 9 and BW T5 for the higher powered models if i recall correctly
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 08:52 PM |
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I've had a look into this recently as I entertained using the 16v engine out of my Golf (same block basically). I think Donkervoort use a custom
bellhousing ($$$) The other info I found was that estfield use a Lada Riva gearbox with the VW/Audi blocks, but I
don't think the Lada box is up to much more than about 150bhp before going bang, and I can't see them being that easy to find.
One of these days someone is going to start producing a bellhousing to fit an audi block to something like a type9, and they'll make a killing.
These are cracking engines, and they're in virtually everything VAG make at the mo so they're easy to find.
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tegwin
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:52 PM |
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I know it would be a lot of work but would it not be possible to make a bellhousing out of steel box section with ali skin?....or modify an existing
bell?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 07:58 PM |
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I think I would take a look at a LT van gearbox in a breakers, possibly using the FWD bellhousing and attaching the box to that?
Just a thought
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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greggors84
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 10:25 PM |
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Instead if a whole new bell housing, couldnt an adaptor plate just be used? Would just need to be laser cut from thickish plate. Not sure you could
use a type 9 with a longer input shaft of if you would have to take some material off the existing bell housing to compensate for the plate.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 27/6/06 at 09:09 AM |
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I can't think of any VW gearboxes with detachable bellhousings though, so the plate would have to be at the engine. Now I come to think of it
there's also VW's backwards clutch to think about (pressure plate bolts to the crank, flywheel on the gearbox side, and the clutch is
actuated by a pushrod through the centre of the input shaft). I suppose it's just a case of mating a flywheel to the VW crank, although the bolt
pattern on the crank is eccentric so some fiddling might be required.
LT van 'box looks like a good bet.
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