DUDE wiring is nothing compared to the all the fabrication it takes to do the transplant.. SO far there is no easy way to do an engine swap in a spider... At least to my knowledgenarfire wrote:The 3.6L in my VW Passat has amazing power (280 hp in NA trim and 300 in European) Very narrow block and one piece dohc head. Moves my heavy 4motion wagon really well. Thinking it through though, the amount of wiring and sensors to make it work in a transplant would be daunting.
Then it wouldn't be fun for me. It is the level of difficulty and uniqueness of the swap that keeps me going.. If everyone was doing it I'd be looking for another project... LolSo Cal Mark wrote:ahhh, but what if there was?
Yup just took a look at that.. Not to mention it appears to be for a front wheel drive application.. Are there any rear wheel drive cars that they used it in?narfire wrote:perhaps getting off topic, but I can see where there might be issues with the cross member and oil pan with the VW V-6.
Some pics
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.p ... nfo-needed.
Unfortunately that engine project died as it was mainly developed for small volume production that never happened. a few units were fitted on prototype chassis (one on an atom as well as the caterham) but never went any further. One is fitted to a hillclimb race car in Italy.....Redline wrote:I remember the Caterham Levante used it, but I was just wondering what became of the motor because there are very few reports on it since everyone got excited initially, including a non-finished blog on an RST-V8 conversion of an Elise... not much to read in the last 5 years.
Sounds soooooo good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx62obeje0o