Aircooled VW South Africa

What would the cost be to install a N/A carbed rotary motor into a D/C Bay window bus?

Yes, i saw this.

But i mean a carburated motor into an already watercooled vehicle?

Bugger wrote:

Racer-X wrote:How about if u swap a rotary into a watercooled bus?

would it be slightly cheaper coz the waterworks are all there?

Yes then you just need to build a back cross member to hold the motor and tranny in place

Now it is not easy to always predict a costing

Reason why your perfect install is not my or the next guys perfect install

I am busy with a Rotary that was already in a bug
I HAVE Removed all the wiring, Brackets and closed all 5000 holes that was drilled with Resin
Will start a thread About this one and the Rotary Puma getting Born

So to sum things up shortly

Radiaror system +- R5000
Microtech +-R9800
Basic complete install around +_ R30K


Now with out the Radiator and EFI you could do it for around R15000

But now you need a more Complex exhaust system R1500
You need to buy a N/A Intake manifold and Carb Not laying arround either R2500

If you are a hands on Guy alot of the Fabrication and Boermaak `n plan things you can Save huge amounts of money

When I do a conversion I either do it and charge for the Extra hours that I spend on the Car
or I rather Only supply all the bits and Pieces that the guy need for the conversion as not all has the R30k + to fork out at one time for a complete conversion

Hi guys -

I am in the very early stages of doing a rotary conversion on a beetle (I bought a '71 in running condition, body so so, pan great) and would like to know how much Pierre would charge if all the bits and pieces were supplied?

Thanks in advance!

Mail me at

buggerATtelkomsaDOTnet

Then I send you a list of everything you need and costings

Also just visit the Introduction thread in General discussions and say hi to all the other guys PLS

Hi Pierre, intro done and email sent.

I will try call you in the morning sometime to discuss my options.

thanks for the reply!