Im looking to replace my Stock VW engine and I'm thinking of going Water Cooled. what I'm wondering is what you think is a god WC engine to put on a VW transaxle with either an adapter kit or directly (if possible). Im leaning toward honda/acura because of the availability and how cheap they are, im jus looking for suggestions or your experiences.

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If you go Honda 4 cyl it will have to be a 2006 or newer k series. Everything prior rotates the wrong way for a vw transaxle. Kennedey engineering makes adapters for about anything you can think of for a vw transaxle. I went and bought a s/c lsj cobalt motor for my conversion. They are not real cheap but they make big horse power. And you can do this conversion for less than a built stroker vw.

2.8---3.1---3.4---Chevy
there is millions of them

Rock, only problem with GM stuff is it's all cast iron blocks. REAL haevy
My idea of the BEST motor would be an all aluminum Donaldson 350/400 block Crowler ultra-light crank and rods, Aries pistons, Jessel, Cloyes, Brodex -12 heads, Vertex mag, dry sump somewhere around 750 Hp. Mid engine to a Toranado trans.
Since that's not gonna happen, Subaru is the way to go.
No matter which way you go, If it's not all aluminum I wouldn't even consider it.

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I'll second rockrockets1's reply. Picked me up a Jasper rebuilt 2.8 efi with all parts, pieces, and anything else I want from the S10 donor truck for $300. Near as I can figure, its about the same as having a 3rd person riding in the buggy. Weight is about 340-350 #. Anything close to having all aluminum block here in this area was $700 or more, not including the wiring harness, sensors, or anything else one would need. My $0.02.

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