Make things easy on yourself and do a rotary conversion
instead..................
James Nazarian Jr wrote:
> I guess I'm on this list now. The point is that the car is not vintage race
>legal without the 948. I want to know, if anyone knows what would need to be
>done to do the conversion, so that I can know how to undo it. For example, do
>the engine mounts bolt up, is there sheetmetal cutting done to make room for
>the engine or tranny, will I most likely need an original radiator, etc. I
>know the volvo 1600 conversion happened to TCs a lot and I am hoping that it
>has happened to bugeyes a few times, and someone can tell me what needs to be
>done to make it happen.
>
> The biggest issue is any sheetmetal alteration that had to be done to
>accomodate the 1600, if this is a similar mod to fitting a 350 chevy into a B
>(read: a whole hell of a lot of cutting and moving) then I don't want to touch
>the car. Is the 1600 conversion/unconversion a drop in thing, or is it an
>engineer in thing? Thanks for any input on the topic.
>
> BTW, for those that don't know who I am. I am the one Patricia refers to as
>her bf; I find it a little disheartening that I am not worthy of writing the
>word out, but there isn't much that I can do about that. As some background,
>I have been restoring MG's since I was 7years old, I am currently 22. I have
>little experience with the spridgets but I'm working on that.
> --
> James Nazarian Jr
> 71 MGB roadster
> 71 MGBGT - mid conversion
> 01 Impreza 2.5RS
>
> A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have
> evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
>
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 11:19:39AM -0800, Bryan Vandiver profoundly declared:
> > I'm not familiar with the Volvo 1600 motor, but I do know the B18, and
> > B20 are incredably well engineered 5-main bearing engines capable of
> > over 200K miles between rebuilds. If they are bolt compatible with the
> > 1600 motor, and would drop right in, that may also be an alternative.
> > Also consider, if the car was modified to take a volvo tranny, there is
> > a 4-speed overdrive version for the volvo engines, wich is nearly
> > indestructable.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > But then again you could put back in the 948 that has 1/2 the
> > HP&reliability of the volvo engines.
> >
> > - Bryan
> >
> >
> >
> > SAUTHOFF PATRICIA JEAN wrote:
> > >
> > > Seriously, my bf may have found himself a vintage race car, and really
> > > wants to know if it's going to take a lot of work to get this sucker going
> > > again. The guy who is selling it has a 948 for it, we just don't know if
> > > changing it back is going to be a huge hassle, or if it'll just drop right
> > > in.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > No brains, no common sense, bad taste, understanding of engineered
>solutions,
> > > > etc.
> > > >
> > > > Daniel1312
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 14/02/01 19:14:05 Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > patricia.sauthoff@Colorado.EDU writes:
> > > >
> > > > << What is required to undo a Volvo 1600 conversion? >>
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