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Figured i'd start a fresh thread for this swap. My FB has sat motorless for three years and i've been itching to get it back on the road. Some of you may remember my FB as the "slammed FB from canada"
Well i'd originally started to put a small block in the car but its too tall of a setup with a carb. the oil pan hung too low and the carb hat wouldn't clear the hood since i had a vortec carb intake. i then started thinking what other common reliable engines are there. i then decided to buy a 99 passat with a 1.8t. and i had an sr20 transmission kicking around too.
here is the car 4-5 years ago.
i started mocking up the engine and trans. since i didn't feel like welding old oil saturated aluminum to make a rear sump pan i made a new subframe to clear the front sump pan.
The engine now sits nicely under the hood. i also measured up the bell housing on the sr20 trans and bell housing flange on the 1.8t and started designing the adapter kit. as well as the spacing required for the flywheel
cleaned up the engine and got it ready to assemble and put in the car.
Needed to find a decent rad that would fit the FB’s small frame as well as had the inlet and outlet on the drivers side. got an old rad off a friend that fit almost perfect. i modded the stock rad shroud to fit. painted it and it looks stock again
mocked up my intercooler piping and welded it up.
i also converted my fuel tank to an in-tank pump. my driveshaft is in as well. just no pictures of these.
Well i'd originally started to put a small block in the car but its too tall of a setup with a carb. the oil pan hung too low and the carb hat wouldn't clear the hood since i had a vortec carb intake. i then started thinking what other common reliable engines are there. i then decided to buy a 99 passat with a 1.8t. and i had an sr20 transmission kicking around too.
here is the car 4-5 years ago.
i started mocking up the engine and trans. since i didn't feel like welding old oil saturated aluminum to make a rear sump pan i made a new subframe to clear the front sump pan.
The engine now sits nicely under the hood. i also measured up the bell housing on the sr20 trans and bell housing flange on the 1.8t and started designing the adapter kit. as well as the spacing required for the flywheel
cleaned up the engine and got it ready to assemble and put in the car.
Needed to find a decent rad that would fit the FB’s small frame as well as had the inlet and outlet on the drivers side. got an old rad off a friend that fit almost perfect. i modded the stock rad shroud to fit. painted it and it looks stock again
mocked up my intercooler piping and welded it up.
i also converted my fuel tank to an in-tank pump. my driveshaft is in as well. just no pictures of these.
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