How To Reduce Height Of 3.2L Motor?
 

I have a weird question.

Suppose you had a 3.2L motor and wanted to reduce the height of the motor (measured from crankshaft to the top of the AFM unit) by about 6 inches.

Could you simply shorten the intake manifold runners, by cutting out a section and then welding the runners back together?

Would the reduced height mess up any other components? How would the shorter runners affect the motor's performance?

plastic intake...

You mean from a 3.6L? Would it fit and wouldn't you be messing with Varioram and so on?

Suppose you also need to pass California smog. Would a smog center pass a 3.2L with a plastic manifold?

Tonys EFI kit seems to take a lot of height out. IIRC

Us a non-Vram plastic intake?

What are you trying to do, fit this in a bus?

6 inches is a lot to cut out of that intake! Just a bit of info for you longer runners tend to make more torque and shorter runners tend to have more top end hp. The plastic 964 intake is not much shorter if any compared to the 3.2...I will have to measure. You would have to get adapter plates made or go with an injector block like mine to adapt the bolt pattern.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1117082384.jpg

Eric Hood

how about side draft webers on angled manifolds?

don't laugh - a guy i know who likes webers (has quad downdrafts on his morgan plus 8) has just fitted quad side drafts to his 928 in a similar way and reckons they work great.

Did Weber make any side-draft 3-bbl's???

fitting Webers sounds agricultural to me nowadays:D

the only ones i 've ever seen are 2 barrels

http://www.bccp.nl/images/030227tr6web1k.jpg

Well, I am shopping for a Vanagon . . .

i say , raise the floor , see through , some neon lights, a little water fall, 22 inch gionvanni's and a 40" plasma

that would be the Shiznit.

anythizle ezle, wozzle bezle underachivizle.

or somethin

Ok, Stijn, you win the award for the FUNNIEST comment of the month of May! Ha ha ha !

This looks like a 2.7L or a 3.0L

http://volksweb.relitech.com/porsche6.htm

One concern with this engine conversion is the height of the Porsche engine versus the VW engine. To clear the taller Porsche engine, the engine hatch needs a raised portion added so that the engine cover can close. Luckily, the area that needs to be taller is all within the bounds of the engine hatch, so only the hatch itself needs to be modified, not the sheet metal of the van per se.

http://volksweb.relitech.com/wm_ken/engine.jpg

i get one in every 1000 something posts right...

please bear with me for the other 999

Which seems like it would mess up the lower bunk.

Yup; checkitout...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1117133823.jpg

If it was a Diesel Vanagon with 3.2 would it need a smog test?
Saw this one for sale...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1117141864.jpg

Check this one out:

http://home.arcor.de/becks/pics/pclaer.htm
http://www.becks24.de/claer_t3/claer_t3_ms_23.jpg

The Subaru engine fits in there perfectly.

That's pretty cool.

Question - would a 3.2L get enough cooling air in the bay of a Vanagon? I don't see any louvers at the rear. I guess the aircooled Vanagons had air intakes up on the C-pillar - oops, D-pillar - but what about the wasserboxer ones? Suppose you drilled a bunch of 3" to 4" holes behind the license plate and bumper, would those admit enough air, given that (I assume) they're in a negative pressure zone?

Vanaroo

http://www.smallcar.com/images/15.jpg

IMHO, a very cool conversion. I really want one of these for a dedicated parts hauler/home depot vehicle.

http://www.smallcar.com/convert.htm