So, I need to clean out my garage. It is completely packed right now. One thing I'm thinking of selling is this engine.
It's a 1.6TD that was in a Quantum. Everything under the hood of this car was either painted, powder coated, or polished. I've never seen anyone invest so much time or money into a Quantum. The story goes that the engine ran good but the trans was bad (automatic). This was somebodies baby, but they donated it to a charity (probably got frustrated with it or lost interest). So, I ended up with the engine as a result.
The engine is so clean inside and the oil was still perfectly clean so I'm fairly certain the engine was only run long enough to take it for a spin and realize that the trans was bad.
It even has a crank scraper in it.
I've only taken off the oil pan, but from everything I've seen this engine was fully rebuilt and must have something like 5 miles on it. Someone said the pump was rebuilt too but I can't verify that. Judging from everything else that I saw though I wouldn't be surprised. The engine code comes back to being from a Vanagon but it DOES have oil squirters. Notice the squirter in the lower left hand side of this picture.
The head is ported as well. It has a cam baffle, and the intake manifold is polished. I have the turbo that went with it along with the oil lines but I don't have the exhaust manifold. If anyone needed the downpipe I may be able to get it. The paint is a little scratched up from removal and transport.
The longer I hang onto this engine the harder I try to find a use for it and the truth is I have too many cars and too many projects so I probably ought to let this one go so someone else can enjoy it. It would be ideal for a swap into a dasher/fox, or a Samurai or something. You'll need the transverse manifolds, oil pan, and oil lines if you want to put it in a Rabbit/Golf/Jetta, etc.
I kind of hate to get rid of this engine, but as stated above I also don't really have a use for it right now so I figured I'd throw it out there in case the right offer comes along. Obviously a local sale would be easiest but I could drop it off at a shipping depot or something if it would be required.
I also have a 1.6 shortblock I might take some pictures of. It has 240k on it, but supposedly ran. I beleive it. The bores look to be a bit worn, but it would probably run fine just out of spite. A great engine to rebuild or just use it if you have no great aspirations for it. What's that worth - $150 or something? I also have some Scirocco 1 fenders, doors, hatch, etc that I should part with. There will likely be other stuff so I'll try and update this thread.
Topic: Cleaning out my garage - engines for sale (Read 7542 times)
