hi i have a cosworth scorpio and it needs a new body so im looking at getting a fug my q is will the eng fitted with a fwd gearbox fit in a fug 2 like the v8 fits the f33. has anyone got photos of a similar conversion or of the f33 without its kit on. oh err!

welcome welcome welcome


I have no idea but though it rude to ignore your post

Anything is possible depends on your mechanical bent

UVA did produce six F32 which was a ford v6 engined jobie
probably hanging out the back of the beetle box though.

Have alook on some sand rail site in the states as there are quite a few with mid mounted v6

There is a post on here of quite a nice one mid mounted v6/v8

hello and indeed welcome dude! B)

like cal said..."Anything is possible depends on your mechanical bent"

and i'm sure Knighty will be along shortly with some top advice (he the man! ;))

let us know how you get on B) ;)

gar

Yep what he said up there :rolleyes: , no wait a minute i can think for myself, i think:

like cal said..."Anything is possible depends on your mechanical bent"

and i'm sure Knighty will be along shortly with some top advice (he the man! )

let us know how you get on

Ben. ;)

:lol: :lol: :lol:

copy n paste working fine then dude? :lol: ;)

did the scorpios have FWD gearboxes? - I thought they were all rear wheel drive?....are you sure a scorpio fwd gearbox is available???.......heres what I'm thinking on how to do it, 2 ways

1) the cheaper easy option......rear mounted in a fug-2 on an adaptor plate to a beetle gearbox.......but this will make the rear of the car VERY heavy and it will handle like a boat.......depends what you want to do with it really? off road or low riding street race like mine and tiggars........gearbox straps will be a must!

2) mid mounted in a fug-4.......to do this you will need to perform major surgery on the chassis, and equip yourself with either a flipped over beetle gearbox......a scorpio fwd box that I didnt know existed - do they?......or a renault van box (yuk)........or the Porsche G50 box - rare and expensive.

either way its gonna be fun in the back of a fug........I'd say go for option number 1 as fug-4 chassis are now as rare as rocking horse do-doo's.......but make every effort you can to put everything possible, like the rads, battery and fuel tank, in the front/nose of the fug-2 in order to have a half sensible weight distribution.

hope that helps

knighty :D

A friend had an Audi 80 sport, I'm pretty sure that was FWD with a front-to-back engine, so whatever gearbox they use could be used to...
Would a Fug 2 have enough room to have the engine in front of the rear axle and still have room to sit it?


Steve
p.s. Welcome!

yup audi and VW used front-to-back (longitudinal) engine installations with FWD for quite a few years, my 97 diesel passat :ph43r: has exactly this.......but I was not aware the ford-scorpio did this :( .......sure the vw/audi box could also be used in a mid mounted fug-4 - but I think you would need to make your own adaptor plate assembly as I dont think it would be available off the shelf - but I'm open to be proven wrong!

pretty sure all scorpios including the cossie were a conventional front engined rear wheel drive design ;)

heres your ideal transplant candidate - its all there

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UVA-Fugitive_W0QQite...1QQcmdZViewItem