just an idea... diesel motor in aircooled chassis

[Hammy]

Right-on sister!!! Yeah!! "Go Leafs Go"  :lol:  :roll:

[BlackTieTD]

ordering up some desktop motivation...  :roll:  :lol:

[houseofdiesel]

On the tdi conversion list at yahoo groups there is a pic of a tdi powered splitty, it has been done already. Mexico had bay window water cooled buses for years, the parts are closer then you think...
Greg

[fillmore]

ive been wondering about this aswell lately, ive got a 66 bug that i want to put my 1.6 n/a into, i just got the car and haven,t had a chance to jack the car up and size up the rear subframe and such

[BlackTieTD]

On the tdi conversion list at yahoo groups there is a pic of a tdi powered splitty, it has been done already. Mexico had bay window water cooled buses for years, the parts are closer then you think...
Greg

i'm sure it has been done a few times before. i posted this thread to try to bring some knowledge from prior builds out of the woodwork. i'm not so much concerned with getting a rad in the bus, but more with getting the motor mounted properly in the vehicle. maybe i should do some searches for mexican buses and see what parts i could make use of...

ive been wondering about this aswell lately, ive got a 66 bug that i want to put my 1.6 n/a into, i just got the car and haven,t had a chance to jack the car up and size up the rear subframe and such

there is a lot of info regarding swaps into bugs. TONS. click some of the links on the first page of this thread.

[BlackTieTD]

just called kennedy engineered products and spoke with a very friendly lady. she took down my address (without asking for spelling on all the canadian stuff  :shock: ) and sent the info out free of charge. i like these guys already.  

give them a call if you need a catalog.

[BlackTieTD]

got my catalog a few weeks ago. quite good for explaining the different options that are out there for odd-ball engine installs in many types of VWs, porsche, etc. i will definitely be going with KEP for the adaptor plate.

my project caddy sold and was hauled away last weekend   ...so the splitty-hunt begins. :twisted:

if you know of any 1967 or earlier bus for sale, canada or the US, please let me know!

[moTthediesel]

Where in Ont. are you? I saw a Splitty Campmobile sitting in front of a VW repair place in St. Regis Falls NY a couple of weeks ago. That's about 90 min. south of Ottawa. Looked a little rusty along the bottom but complete, grass growing up around it, so it hadn't moved in a while.  Next time my son or I go that way (it's on the way to his school) we'll stop and ask about it.
moT

[BlackTieTD]

thanks much moT. if you could get a name of the shop i can call and enquire...any other info you can get for me would be great!  

[moTthediesel]

Sorry, I can't remember the name of the shop :oops:
We stopped and looked around because they had all kinds of V-Dubs lined up all along the road. We love places like that!  It's about 2hrs from my home, so I can't just run over there and look.
I'll try emailing my son, his grey matter might be a bit more reliable then mine!
moT

[BlackTieTD]

hehe thanks for the effort moT  

[moTthediesel]

#1 son just came home from college for weekend, say's shop is "Murphy's Garage", 518-856-9568. Campmobile still sitting there --

Here's my desktop motivation:


And here's what can happen with one of those Kennedy kits, if you're not careful:


I'm just living in fear that  those guys from the "356 Registry" may be sending a death squad after me  :roll:

moT

[BlackTieTD]

thanks very much moT! i will call them later on today  

[BlackTieTD]

the photo i put up in the last post was eluding to the '66 i was hoping to buy out of Connecticut.

here's the rest of the pics:









the description:
BODY-Walk through with 6 pop outs.Easy fixer upper,can be ROAD READY in a weekend!Was on the road until 1 month ago.OG from New Mexico in "01.SUPER CLEAN UNDERSIDE!!!(only lite surface rust,NO ROT!)Nose has a dent near bottom(not that bad)Nice bumper,valance and EXELLENT og dog legs!Front floors have a few small holes(PERFECT under seats!)A few holes in the rockers and doors.All rust will be visable in pics.Rear corners real solid,nice battery tray.Comes with 2 new tinted windshields!The roof had a vent that was removed and welded up(its dented were it was welded up,poor patch job that should be redone,not THAT bad-the hole was maybe 1sqr ft.(worse part of the bus.)ALL new brakes,drums,w.cylinders,hrd ware....with under 1k!Good rubber too.Full 12V conversion with "67 trans,wiper motor...and a FACTORY rebuilt 1500cc engine with aprox 50K!Has new stock exhaust,clutch kit and more.



a Connecticut local was nice enough to offer to go look at it for me and did so last night. it checks out as described, super solid, no bondo or bad bodywork (except roof patch). all rust and small rot holes are easy patch fixes. wired $ last night, its coming home to the stable in a few weeks.  

[BlackTieTD]

some more good stuff:

cutaway of a '62 panel:


this is a '61 kombi, mine is a '66 kombi but most, if not all of this will still apply:


see that unladen weight??   i had no idea they were so light. that is great news.

complete 1966 Owner's Manual (from August 1965, mine was built September 1965) - about 80 pages