{"id":36942,"date":"2019-03-08T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36942"},"modified":"2019-03-07T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T05:18:14","slug":"1971-vw-squareback-with-an-ecotec-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36942","title":{"rendered":"1971 VW Squareback with an Ecotec Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1971 Volkswagen Squareback (Type 3) was built with an air-cooled flat-four sitting behind the rear wheels. However the current owner decided to replace that with a
\n2.2 L Ecotec L61 inline-four pulled from a 2002 Sunfire that makes 140 horsepower and 150 lb-ft of torque. They mated the engine to the factory Type 3 four-speed manual transaxle using a Kennedy Engineering<\/a> adapter and flywheel. The engine is cooled thanks to a Honda Civic aluminum radiator in the spare tire well and exhales through a custom 2.5-inch exhaust. View more photos of the project in the build thread<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: TheSamba<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1971 Volkswagen Squareback (Type 3) was built with an air-cooled flat-four sitting behind the rear wheels. However the current owner decided to replace that with a 2.2 L Ecotec L61 inline-four pulled from a 2002 Sunfire that makes 140 horsepower and 150 lb-ft of torque. 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