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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:07 pm    Post subject: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Considering swap to water-cooled power. Not enough time to do it myself, and i finally have reached the point of having a little fun money. How much would you expect to pay someone, a shop to install a fuel injected, four cylinder engine, complete job, parts, labor, all in?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:22 am    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

$3 to $5 K
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

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$3 to $5 K


If you supply the engine/donor, adapter, cooling system components, fuel system components, & all other necessary items.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

I did it my self to the tune of around $4,000. Mind you I built a lot of stuff my self, which I’m sure saved a lot of monies.

I think it’s kind of hard to give you a quote bc there are so many variables.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Thank you! Sometimes its good to get a reality check before diving into a dark pool.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Thank you! Sometimes its good to get a reality check before diving into a dark pool.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 3:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Don't can the idea yet! Just make a different plan! First, what kind of engine are you wanting to swap for? That makes a difference on a lot of things like what size radiator you'll need, fuel injection or not, exhaust, etc. etc. A Kennedy adapter https://www.kennedyeng.com will run $500 to $2K depending on the engine. You don't have to run the latest engine. Maybe go for an older naturally aspirated V6. That means no expensive turbo plumbing, no electronic systems wiring, no computer, etc. I'm running an older Ford 2.8 V6 in my street legal rail and it has enough power to fly me down the highway at 100mph+ with some room left to play or pull me up and down old mining trails at grunt speed.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

I’m actually looking for reliability, with a little bit more hp than I’m getting from a built vw engine (mild build). Reliability is key. I’d love to be able to use a carburated four, or very light v6.
Just getting tired of having to pull a motor after every 2500 mile trip to see my little nephews.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

the further you figure what you want the better off you are. buying parts is buying parts you can do all the hunting and buying and leave the builders just to build what you are paying for. paying someone a 100 bucks an hour to find and buy parts is going to pad the bill allot. while they wont cut corners you can saving cash. the other grey area is letting someone else build your car their way. understand the difference between building you car or building the car that represents the car and image of their work and shop. they make the decision for you and buy the easy most expensive stuff. then you end up with high end fuel cells Willwood brake system from front to rear and king triple bypass shocks. Great if you want that but sucks if you don't. Think of phasing in the work. start a phase one get that done and paid for then go on to phase 2 and so on. make sure you have a written contract with progress payments if you can. Just remember when they call for a decision that will cost you more money, its outside your deal with them.

the more you know the better off you are. if things go sour the longer you wait to pull out, the worse it gets. do you want weekly progress reports with photos then spell it out in the work order.

There are allot of good shops out there and their are poor ones that milk you out and take forever. GOOD LUCK AND MAKE GOOD CHOICES.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Or you could use it as an excuse to get in touch with your inner creative artist, your inner engine/fabricator swapper, your inner Engine Techncian aka "Wrench". If the car isn't a daily driver, maybe lay it up for a year and do the swap yourself. It's really not that difficult, depending on what you're doing. The Kennedy swap kit does all of the really hard work and matches the engine up with your VW trany. (Don't forget drive train mods)

After that...assuming you went with a carbed V engine...it's just a matter of convincing the auto parts store clerk to let you dig thru the radiator hoses looking for one "bends this way for a little and then that way for a while and goes straight for about this long and......" and stuff like that. Well mostly. Ok not even close but I guarantee you that you'll pop with pride when you look at something that you built and made it go.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:16 am    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Most shops will want to go with something "cookie cutter" easy to protect thier reputation and avoid the unknowns that burn a hole in profits quickly.

You haven't told us what the end use will be or what chassis it will be in but if it's a sand rail type I would seriously consider an ALH diesel. All the torque you will ever need for hills, rpms match the stock gearing well, excellent fuel range and it's as close to zero maintenance as you will find.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

oprn wrote:
Most shops will want to go with something "cookie cutter" easy to protect thier reputation and avoid the unknowns that burn a hole in profits quickly......


there's a lot of truth in that statement
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

You might look into a Toyota Corolla engine.

Very common in wrecking yards. Thus inexpensive and readily available. Replacement parts are easy. There's a guy on here, "Ed", who had one in his rail. Haven't seen his name the last couple or 3 weeks.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

There's the old standby, the 2.3L ford Pinto/Ranger, still have a good following with the Roundy round boys. You might be able to find a complete set up from somebody going back to VW. Plenty of torque and it easy to get 150hp out of one. biggest problem is they are heavy.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

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You might look into a Toyota Corolla engine.

Very common in wrecking yards. Thus inexpensive and readily available. Replacement parts are easy. There's a guy on here, "Ed", who had one in his rail. Haven't seen his name the last couple or 3 weeks.

I'll see if I can round up his user ID.


Look up "no1clyde ".

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:15 am    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Toyota is good but on top of the FI and crank trigger you have the variable valve timing to try and control. Sounds pretty complicated to me.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Did a honda 3.5 in mine.It fit my car great and was not too bad for cost got the engine,ecu,adapter plate for 1500,friend gave me clutch and PP bought some headers for 450 custom made,250 for fuel system,350 for complete cooling system cherokee alm radiator,probably another 350 in misc parts.

I did my own labor so that saved alot sold my old well built 2275 for 2500 at the time which was a steal.But love the honda as far as power goes instant and fast.

Ecotecs are also a good choice too
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:13 am    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Ecotecs have a huge following in the desert. Cheap, dependable, and fairly light. While I am not a GM guy, it does look like a good package.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

Scott SD wrote:
Ecotecs have a huge following in the desert. Cheap, dependable, and fairly light. While I am not a GM guy, it does look like a good package.

I was going to go the ecotec route too but was going to be within 1/4 inche clearance if all went perfect with my measurements.Then o was going to have to get full asking price for my 2275 i was selling at the time which was going to be hard to do then.

But like said came across honda 3.5 deal for half price of ecotec route but both these engines are easy to get although i think the hondas are a lil more common and cheaper.Friend had issues with his found a complete replacement for 400 bucks.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Swap to water-cooled? Reply with quote

I went Subaru so I could keep the "horizontally opposed" esthetic....

Granted I did 85% of my own work so I don't have much to add to the OP's question...

$600 for a rusted out 90,000 mile Legacy....$600 for the cut down harness..then various and sundry piping...sumped gas tank...eBay radiator etc...

I'd say I've got under 2k into it.

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