I have been reading up on SRI's

How much would the swap of a short runner intake reduce height of
engine at 15 degrees?

I know there would be a trade off of torque ( a loss in low end IIRC.
And fuel efficiency??) and they can be pricey.

Just curious.

Neil.

On 11/8/07, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
> So basically you reduced the ground clearance by 6"?  Poor
> squirrels, shrews and other low lying animals!  What about the angle
> of the gearbox and it's correct oiling?  Did you offer any protection
> for road debris?  Lowing the engine by an inch or two I can see, but
> 6"  Every 15 degree that I saw mounted under the cover was at a
> great loss of ground clearance.  If you stick to asphalt roads in the
> summer time this may be OK, but something that I wouldn't do.
>
> About the only thing one can do with an ABA to make a *minimal* bump in
> the engine cover at 15 degrees is replace the cylinder head with one from
> a 1.8L Digifant II and then transfer all the goodies over to the new head
> and intake manifold.  Quite the surgery job and if you have an OBD-2
> ABA engine you need to transfer over the throttle valve which means some
> aluminium welding and the like...
>
> David Marshall
>
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> On Thu, November 8, 2007
> 05:46, Ken Wilford wrote:
> > We did this mod for a customer.
> Basically you have to lower the engine
> > by about 6 inches to get
> it to fit.  We did this by welding steel "L"
> > plates
> onto the engine carrier bars.
> > Here is how we did it:
> >
> We then installed some liquid filled mounts from a Jetta onto the
> bottom
> > of the alloy engine mounts.  Then install your "L
> shaped brackets to the
> > bottom.  Now use the jack that has been
> supporting your motor this whole
> > time and lower the engine to
> the desired height.  Make some tack welds.
> > Support the engine
> again and remove the carrier bars.  Weld stuff up
> > right.
> Replace carrier bars and you should be good to go.
> >
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> >> Is it possible to put an ABA 2.0L at 15 degrees in a Westy
> without
> >> modifying the lid?
> >> Best regards.
> >> Gilles Turmel
>

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