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General Information => General => Topic started by: burnt_servo on March 09, 2008, 11:33:53 am

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: burnt_servo on March 09, 2008, 11:33:53 am

in the next few months i'm going to be building a engine for my  brother for his samuria .

how many other guys here have done , or are doing the same thing ( ie samuria conversion ) .

anyone one else slip a vw diesel into a 4x4 besides the samuria ?

been thinking lately about doing a m-tdi for my bronco 2 .

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: westcoaster on March 09, 2008, 06:54:50 pm

I have been fiddling around the edges with this for the last year or so.

I bought another soft top samurai with the engine swapped in already, found the motor had issues pulled it out put the stock gasser back in and shoved the carcas out the door.

I am now in the process of rebuilding the motor to put it in my tintop.

I just need to commit the funds to get this done. There usually been some reason or another over the past four years I haven't been able to do so....

Title: Re: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: jimfoo on March 09, 2008, 07:05:47 pm

Quote from: "burnt_servo"

anyone one else slip a vw diesel into a 4x4 besides the samuria ?

been thinking lately about doing a m-tdi for my bronco 2 .

Yep. See my avatar and sig.

Title: Re: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: burnt_servo on March 09, 2008, 10:56:59 pm

Quote from: "jimfoo"

Quote from: "burnt_servo"

anyone one else slip a vw diesel into a 4x4 besides the samuria ?

been thinking lately about doing a m-tdi for my bronco 2 .

Yep. See my avatar and sig.

would you happen to have a build thread ?  

i'm interested how you did the flywheel / presure plate .
what tranny did you use ?
i'm thinking in terms of my bronco2  .... the samuria should be easy

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: jimfoo on March 10, 2008, 06:55:27 am

Not a thread on here, but this (http://www.66rover.com/mods/mods.html) details from the swap, all the way up to the rebuild as a M-TDI. I used the Toyota flywheel and pressure plate with a 9" Rover clutch disc. I had to machine the crank for a larger pilot bearing.

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: burnt_servo on March 10, 2008, 09:10:17 am

SWEET!!!  that answers alot of questions .
 thank you for making that website .

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: 91MF on March 26, 2008, 03:25:46 am

seems a lot of people have done this samurai chassis/vw idi swap. is there any info online about this or is there a company making adapters/components to make this swap possible? im very interested in how the drivetrain components fit together.

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: jimfoo on March 26, 2008, 06:37:15 am

See the http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=13371 Dr Diesel is selling his Acme adapter for less than you can buy it for from them. Acme Adapters also sells flywheels that are already modified I believe.

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: burnt_servo on March 26, 2008, 07:40:48 am

Quote from: "jimfoo"

See the http://vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=13371 Dr Diesel is selling his Acme adapter for less than you can buy it for from them. Acme Adapters also sells flywheels that are already modified I believe.

his kit is for a sidekick/tracker   , not a samurai ...

otherwise i  would have bought it up .

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: jimfoo on March 26, 2008, 07:57:39 am

My bad. http://www.acmeadapters.com/index.php?

Title: samuria conversion , and others .....
Post by: 91MF on March 29, 2008, 09:22:45 am

when i was a kid i thought the samurai was cool. now i think diesel jettas are cool. there is really no reason why i shouldnt build one of these... oh wait, my wife.