2.3L Ford.......

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:42 pm

IN a 68 Fasty do you guys think it would fit without any cutting?

thanx,

Phil

miller · Post by **miller** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:12 pm

Thats a tough question. I had to cut the rear engine bay of my ghia. My opinion is if you dont want to cut sheetmetal of your vw then an engine conversion isnt for you. Somewhere your gonna have to sut some sheetmetal.

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:03 am

I dont mind cutting at all in fact I kinda like (see vloksrods.com

) waht I meant was the overall height of a 2.3 Ford engine..

Thanx for the Reply....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:47 pm

Oh well From what ive seen its actually shorter than a vw engine. And when I say shorter than a vw engine I mean a vw engine with full cooling tin. Im not sure if the vw engine in your car has the same cooling tin as a beetle or ghia. Anyway here is my cardomain site and on the second page it has some pics of a bare block in my ghia., It might give you some clue about how tall the 2.3 is. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/376326/2