72 westy to Citroen power

khh48 · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:10 pm Post subject:

Well, now i am a happy camper.
Engine conversion are done and its running nice.
A friend of me milled the adapter plate and i did the rest myself.
Im surpriced over the noise level inside the camper, its much lower now

Now its time to fill the Diesel tank and see how much it uses

Knut

sven · Jedi Guardian Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 814

Big ups!

Don't forget to show us som photos...

khh48 · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject:

Few pics
intercooler from hyundai H1. You can also see glow relay and fusebox from the ZX

Expansion tank from a golf, one screw to take it out for refilling

Radiator with two 14 inch fans

Vacuum pump and engine support

Rear view, used org. engine mount in homemade bracket

illzlee · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:13 am Post subject:

nice tidy looking job that, are you only running the one rad underneath?
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'79 Bay running citroen 1.9td and phat tyres!

khh48 · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject:

khh48 · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:55 am Post subject:

Filled up with diesel today. 39 mpg

illzlee · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

have you got the bosch fuel pump on it?

could be 39pmg of veg oil... Cool

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'79 Bay running citroen 1.9td and phat tyres!

khh48 · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject:

khh48 · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:13 pm Post subject:

Well.
Its time for an update. Drove about 10000 kilometres last year. Was running nice and giving good milage.

This year i thought i would make it legal also. Sent in an application to get it approved with the 1.9 td engine. Got answer, they could not accept it. to much hp and torque

sent in a new application but now with a NA 1.9 diesel. Got a GO yesterday.

So now its time to change engine and get it tested Happy

khh48 · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:11 am Post subject:

Got it aproved so now its legal with the 1,9D. Also put two polo radiators in the engine bay. Seems to work ok. Just miss the torque of the TD.

khh48 · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:00 am Post subject:

Two years since last update.
I did run the NA diesel for a few weeks but it sucked :-)
Put the Td back in and been a happy camper since. Still running twin radiators in the engine bay and its been good. Only running a bit cold in cold weather.

Only bad thing is vibrations in the gear shift rod.Its worst at 80 kmh. It was not to bad with new bushes but they worn out in a month or so. Thinking about a cable shift system now

72panelvan · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:05 am Post subject:

Not sure if it'll really help with the gearshift vibration - but I did drill out the gearbox mounts which mount at the bell housing end. I found they were extremely stiff (aftermarket - original wern't much better) so I made them honey combed a bit like the engine mounts on my engine. I found the front gearbox mount was far more forgiving.