..'76 Baywindow...briefly EJ20T now going superfly Tdi

what you doing with your sump, are you cutting your steel one down or is the rjes cast alloy one avaliable yet?

I dont think the rjes ones are finished yet, it's wishfull thinking but im hoping im going to have enough ground clearance with the standard sump... if not...chop chop:D

will be good to have a look round it sometime mate

my mate works for a garage up in newmarket that specialises in scooby conversions into campers. from the ones ive seen when ive been up there they are sick !

cant wait to see this one done

This aint fair:shock: ...how comes i don't know anyone that works on scooby conversions!!!!!.....would save me loads of hassle;)

Not yet curtis.... i don't want you to see how bad it is close up.

If it all stays together i'll be bringing it to some meets before summer

mk1rolf wrote:

This aint fair:shock: ...how comes i don't know anyone that works on scooby conversions!!!!!.....would save me loads of hassle;)

Not yet curtis.... i don't want you to see how bad it is close up.

If it all stays together i'll be bringing it to some meets before summer

me and max are reffering to the same person btw so its not that bad Looking forward to seeing it though!

Here is the website of my mates garage... http://www.tsrengineconversions.co.uk/

no worries mate still wonna check it out as am planning to do it to one of our t25's


as for tsr, one of the lads we no had his bay done by them, he didnt have the turbo lump put in but he had nothing but trouble with it, cooling was a biiiig issue i do believe

It's a lot easier in a T25 dude.........once the weather improves you'll have to pop over dude

cooling is THE biggest issue in these conversions, rad sizes, placement and airlocks are just the start......

For anyone that wants to know more on air to watercooled get over to www.vwkd.co.uk tons of info on all different engines into all the different rusty old dub shapes (there's even some nutter that's you may have seen on vzi that's doing a vr6 turbo 4x4 caddy...which some of you might want to have a gander at)

Got the bar done today



Got to wait for a few bit and bobs to come through the post for the engine so started working out how i was going to mount the rad ....untill i removed one of the under pan plates and found a whole load of rotted out metal and filler on two of the out riggers:cry:

Got the bar in today but wasn't to happy with the hangers ( the original bus ones, just moved forward) juts being supported by bolts...so i welded the hangers to the bus.....

Then moved on to the radiator frame work..........

where you gonna mount the rad? ive never known where they go on scooby convertions

It's going underneath the bus between the chassis rails dude.....

Ive just realised ive done it wrong for what i want to do ...

Im thinking of having the back ( with the two side bits sticking up) loosly bolted and at the front rigging up an electric window mech to lower it for more cooling power and speed bump protection;)

oh right i see!, never actually knew where they put them .

thats sound like and idea!, cant wait to see it running!

looks great i have been thinking about doing the kit to my bug but decided just to do a 2.3 aircooled instead. think im going to do a scooby lump in a beach buggy as my next project. should be alot of fun. and how do you put up pics iv been trying for weeks but im crap with computers.

Looks good only thing i would say is I hope you heard the engine run as you cant get the crank re ground and these things throw shells away for fun but its not all bad they are easy enough to rebuild just costly. Stuart at zen performance is doing the same in his and has been for a few years now. And minimum hp should be 212 if uk engine 226 if jap or 250 ish if your lucky. I have a knackered engine which may have a few sensors left if you need any or brake some and a spare tdo4 turbo aswell.

That is my main concern Ady, i havn't heard the engine run.. it was an ebay special (whole lot was £175)... the seller is a breakers yard over near wales,so i had it palleted up and shipped over.. he said he drove the car to the yard to strip for a 'mates' T25 conversion..that never happened..
..So yeah .........im on tender hooks :pale:


Don't suppose you have any oil pipes for the turbo by chance??



Barnzy you need to sign up to someone like photobucket to transfer pics... is your 2.3 based on a type one engine???

Yea it is based on a type one engin i know its silly because of the cost and they start 2 become very unreliable but i thought sod it lol. And cheers managed 2 sort the pictures out mine is the 72 bug on the project cars please tell me what you think i know it wont be everyones cup of tea.

I would have liked to of built a big type one engine, but the cost was out of the question.....although this is starting too mount up quite a bit:roll:

Had to do a bit of cut and shut with the radiator frame work ( think ive got a faulty tape measure )
Then had to get the bus back on the ground to see what height ive got to work with......



and that's with an empty van that's not settled........ may have to cut and weld a shorter sump....

Radiator wise ive got 6.5 inches from the bottom of the chassis rail to the floor....so i chopped and changed the centre section for better air flow.... not overly happy with the out come as i really need the bus higher to get my fat a$$ in a batter working position



Im planning on having the front rigged up to an electric window mech which will drop it to this height ( 4" down ) then raise up to clear speed bumps and such......................once i get my head round it :|



Also lined the petrol tank......................... (*note to self) if it says wear gloves.. WEAR gloves you fool cos it dont come off too easy

mate chin up its going to be epic, you have done some real challenging work just remember dump valve and when you can stand back and say i did that!

Because i like to make things harder for myself i decided to get bladdered friday night so that saturday i would forget all about new fuel lines that were needed.



It's going to be a struggle, but i should be able to get my hands in there once they're in the firewall can go back in



Next week...... the wiring begins :pale:

Looking good dude The wiring will be the fun bit

cheers mike:D

Got side tracked from the wiring...........

Decided on a different location for the turbo......



........and put it down where a lot of aircooled motors put them



Then cut up the down pipe i had and started making a new one...



Although i needed more gauges i didn't want too much clutter on the dash, so settled on this baby

Impressive work m8 wish i could weld:D

excellent work dude

meant to say when i posted on here before...if you need a spare pair of hands then i would be happy to help

.. Battled with the weather today and got a bit more of the exhaust done....

I really like the chunky 'turbo' mufflers and pipe work that stick out the back so kind of copying that......



Then realised it might be an idea to get a back box before i went any further

cut the tow bar out and tidied up some bits and bobs under the bus....

Phill, just buy a welder dude, that's all i did and just gave it a go..

Mike, there's a wiring loom with your name on it:lol: