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vwracin2win
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Location: Palmdale, CA
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 Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:56 am Post subject: chevy 2.5L swap |
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| im in the process of starting a new baja project and i definately want to do a water pumper. my question is i have a friend with a 2.5 in his pre-runner s-10 that he is about to scrap he took all of the smog stuff off of it and alot of extra wiring exc. and it runs great and very strong with a decent amount of torque in the truck turning 33's im thinking in a baja bug it should work pretty well. i have done some searches and havent found any info on anyone doing this swap....has anyone done it? is it a pretty heavy engine? i could pick up all the wiring computer and engine pretty cheap from him. any info advise or pictures would be great. thanks. |
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4play
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I do not know about the chevy hp . how mutch dus it way? I used a nissan 2.0 know regrets.Go for it!
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baja72
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My brother has a GM 2.5 in a boat. The engine is heavy, it is all cast iron. I would go with some thing lighter.
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tko
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| heavy but the 2.5 is pretty reliable. go for it and god luck |
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JamesT
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Location: East Sooke, BC, Canada
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If I remember correctly, the 2.5L chev is half of a 305. Unfortunatly, it weighs almost 2/3 as much as the small-block. Good boat motor. My dad has one in 120hp mercruiser form.
Would be interesting trying to drive with that much iron hanging off the back. Probably would understeer like mad if you touched the throttle.
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vwracin2win
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| does anyone know how much heavier than a vw? or would it be worth it to just do a honda or 22R? |
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davevfla
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| i have a older chevy 2.8 i was wondering the same thing about. where do you go to get a flywheel to even get it to bolt up to the bug tranny? any ideas. |
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4play
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| Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Kennedy thay make adaptors for almost eany thing.
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