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ST4 2.3 Ford conversion

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stevefromcac

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Here are the build photos I have been promising. I finally broke down and had the youngest most computer literate person in the house help Me with this. Thanks Tater. I am just going to post them as they are,untitled and out of order. If anyone has any questions, post them.



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nice work i see you have an efi engine stick with the ford onboard computer and eec iv efi systen it's verry reliable if you have the year make and model ofthe doner vehicle i might have a spare wiring diagram for the system
 
What kind of hp does that eng. put out.I blow up stock trannies in my sandrail with a 100hp 1776,& Grenade built ones in my bug with a 2332 220 hp.I have the jigs & other needed tools for rebuilding vw transaxles.It looks like I'm keeping my st4 so I need to build one for it,as I have parts to build a good ang for it.Sorry for all the input.Yours looks great.I have a rolled TDI jetta that I may also swap(The electrical part is what scares me)

Peter
 
Responses in order: don , The donor vehicle was a 89 ford ranger. appreciate the offer for wiring, but the guy I bought the motor from is a 2.3 ford nut and has all of that. When the motor finally goes in for the last time, He is going to be the guy that wires it up. The engine orerating system will have it's own harness, and all of the accessories will run off of a seperate buss bar.
Peter: The donor motor started out with 110 hp. It has just over 100,000 miles on it with no rebuild, so we figure it has 80-90 hp at this point. Compression was even all the way across, so we decided to run it as is(it couldn't handle 110 hp anyway.) I also almost went with a 2.0 jetta motor, but couldn't find a readily available adapter plate. knowing now how simple they are, a decent machine shop should be able to make whatever You need. As far as the electical goes, I didn't have any trouble finding a local freelance mechanic to modify the harness for a few $$$.
 
thats good i like them old 2300 engines just used a bombie with on in it to go fetch my snow trac and missed the vw jbox heaters the bombie heater sucks.
 
THE MOTOR IS IN !!! We had to do a little custom machining on the inside of the transaxle housing, but is all bolted in and turns over fine. The flywheel on the conversion kit is almost a half inch larger than the vw one, but it will fit. I didn't take any pictures because I didn't want to upset any of You old school vw guys. Now the fun really begins:wiring,fuel system,exhaust, cooling, heating....
 
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