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Vicenc,! Great to hear from you again.
And what a great problem to have.
Obvs none of us on here have done a BCW front engine swap yet but it’s entertaining to think about what we could or would do if your car was ours.
My first stop on the innerweb is a search of what engine swaps work in a Chevette. Turns out the 60-degree chevy V6 (the ones for longitudinal duty in trucks and F-Bodies) allegedly go in without a hitch.
Chevette guys are all over this particular swap. Imho it makes a lot more sense than trying to shoehorn a V8 in there.
A Miata swap would also be awesome, imho. I’d try to get the whole drivetrain to work. It would have to fit, though I’d imagine you’d have to make the frame mounts for the engine.
Hell, I’d bet just about any this-century dohc four cylinder car engine could be made to fit, and wired to run, in a BCW TD body.
Maybe a 2.5 Ecotec?
Excellent, Greg. As Bill mentioned, here’s the hotel info.
I’ve set aside a block of rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott for us, you can book at this link or call the hotel and book under Speedster Owners Group in the meantime at 717-475-2044. The room rate is $129 this year for the king, $139 for two queens.
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If you have a London Roadster built on a VW platform you very likely have a VW Bug steering box, not a rack & pinion setup like an MG TD or a Pinto,
Congrats on the new whip, Bill.
Some guys have made behind-the-seat wind screens like you see on Boxsters and such to ameliorate the reverse blow-through you experience in open cars at speed.
This is a bit of an arts and crafts project but very simple in principle, and reasonably effective.
My solution is to stay off the interstate highways, mostly. Just makes everything more special.
I bought a roll of black marine carpet from Lowes or Home Depot. On part of the floor it’s laid over 1/2-inch foam padding, the rest it’s glued on with 3M Super 77. Real TDs all had black low pile carpet from the factory (not loop pile, no edge bindings) so this method is actually pretty “period correct” as well as being stupid-cheap.
Take your time dry-fitting and then do your final cuts it in-place after the glue-down.
OK everyone I’ve routed a nice pre-dinner cruise for Thursday to Grandpa’s Love Shack (same place as last year’s Friday run). Gonna step off from the hotel about 4:30 and do about an hour loop ending at the restaurant. It’ll be a short trip back to the hotel unless you want to go back the way we came.
Right now I’ve got me and Kelly, Paul and Glen, Bill A (who’ll need a ride…). Chime in if you plan to get to the Marriott Thursday afternoon.
Word is that the dune buggy guys are going to be around too.
Main The Samba forum: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/
Classified ad section: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/
You’ll have to make an account to place your ad.
Here’s a link to a running TD kit car priced at $8500.
Good luck!
