These folks are another option for adapters
http://www.heckermachine.com/motorsport-information.php .

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At 2/27/2009 07:18 PM, craig cowan wrote:
>Does KEP sell an adapter plate?
>
>-Craig
>
>
>On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The Audi 5 is a separate beast than the 4 cyls.  There are fiver
> > bell-housings from SA, but they're rare and expensive.  Personally, if I
> > were to undergo a gasser conversion, it'd be either the 2.3L turbo fiver or
> > a 1.8L turbo four.  Both a are stellar engines
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:44 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My understanding has been that the Audi 5 cylinder has the same mounting
> > > patters as the VW/Audi I4's and can mount up to a diesel bell housing.
> > This
> > > however is a problem being as you have a syncro, so you'd need to source
> > > the
> > > Diesel Syncro bell housing which relocates the starter. Then i assume all
> > > the diesel mounts could be modified to fit the I5 Audi engine and all
> > would
> > > be well.
> > > Or maybe the Overland Kit still exists somewhere and all the South
> > African
> > > parts to do it right are available....
> > >
> > > These are just my understandings and thoughts.
> > > The Diesel Syncro bell housings and gas tanks I see for sale from time to
> > > time, so they do exist.
> > >
> > > -Craig
> > > '85GL turned WESTY
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Adrian Bertarelli <
> > abertarelli@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fello van addicts,
> > > >
> > > > I love this community and the list, i have lurched here for years, and
> > > > i have turned to this forum more than once for advice in solving my
> > > > vans many quirks.  My poor syncro has been sitting and waiting for an
> > > > engine conversion for ever.  I always get close to doing it, but every
> > > > time i have enough money to do a conversion on her, life problems
> > > > creep up, the money gets used and the van sits, and the wife gets
> > > > frustrated with my obsession of keeping her and one day having my
> > > > dream van.  I am a big dreamer, and have put to many hours thinking
> > > > about which conversion to do, and spent to many hours in the salvage
> > > > yards dreaming.  I finally narrowed myself down and am about to pull
> > > > the trigger on a bostig deposit, when something on craigslist caught
> > > > my eye.  Someone local to me is selling a 86 vw quantum syncro with a
> > > > audi  2.2 5cyl in it.  It got me thinking about this conversion again.
> > > >  I once had an audi given to me as a donor for my syncro.  After the
> > > > audi 80 sat forever i finally gave it away because the physical parts
> > > > for this conversion where very expensive, and after dreaming about it
> > > > forever i finally decided to limp the boxer along.  Long story short,
> > > > i saw this quantum syncro and thought to myself what if.  I wonder if
> > > > vw used the same tranny in the quantum syncro as the vanagon syncro.
> > > > Or if the bell housing mounts are the same.  If so, it might be
> > > > possible to pick that engine out of the quantum with the bell housing
> > > > and stick it in the vanagon.  I would only be missing the motor mount
> > > > which you can get.  So I ask the list for wisdom, would this quantums
> > > > audi powerplant mount up to my vanagon tranny.  If the quantum had
> > > > been converted to this 5cyl the bell housing adapter might fit and all
> > > > i would need to find is the engine mounting bar and mounts.  It is a
> > > > crazy thought but it is in my area cheap and again i am a big dreamer.
> > > >  What do my fellow vanagon friends think.
> > > > Adrian
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Casey
> > '87 300TD
> > '94 100CSQ Avant
> > '89 Bluestar
> >
>
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