What petrol engine fits a 1C/2C bellhousing?

Baxter · Post by **Baxter** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:36 am

I'm thinking of re-powering my Lada Niva and I have a custom bellhousing to fit a 1C or 2C diesel engine to the Lada 'box, however swapping to diesel's too much hassle.
So is there a Toyota petrol engine that bolts to the 2C bellhousing bolt pattern (or is easily adapted)?

I found a couple of forums that suggested 3SGE or FEs might, but nothing definitive.

KinLoud · Post by **KinLoud** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:32 am

Yes - any S series motor (1S, 2s, 3sge, 3sgte, 3sfe, 4sfe, 5sfe) will bolt to the C series bellhousing.
You might need to mill the face of the bell Or space out the clutch fork pivot and release bearing to make the clutch release work with the later engines (3s onwards).

Lada is rwd? So you might have issues with clearance between the firewall and the water outlets on the back of the engine, also throttle body if you use a fwd motor.
There are rwd versions of some 4sfe and 3sfe engines I think

Ken

sergei · Post by **sergei** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:02 am

Niva is 4WD.
I think there is plenty of space.
You could easily get 3SFE out of Noah, that is already has every thing in RWD config.

Baxter · Post by **Baxter** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:43 pm

Cheers greatly for that guys. That's not only want I wanted to know - but also the result I was hoping to hear.

PS - er, who's Noah?

strx7 · Post by **strx7** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:15 pm

Liteace/townace noah, slopey front mid to late 90's toyota van

Baxter · Post by **Baxter** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:19 pm

Ahh, a van (that will explains why I couldn't find him as a user here :lol:

).

Yep, of of those looks like it'd be ideal. A bit rare on the ground down here, but I'm on the look out now...