has any body put a alpha 33 boxer engine in a skoda 130, if so how easy was it and have any body upgraded a 130 brackes if so to what.

any help would be great

thanks

There's one on ebay at the moment. The asking price is £11,000. [yes, eleven thousand pounds! :eek: ]

Skoda Rapid (Powered by Alfa 33 Boxer 1.6cc 120BHP) - eBay Skoda, Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 22-Oct-07 19:28:46 BST)

not wanting to sound pedantic, but that's not an alfa 33 engine.

It is an Alfa unit though - Sud you reckon?

yeah, looks like a 1500 alfasud lump to me, you can clearly see the downdraught dellortos sat on top

Fairly sure there was a 1600 version of the sud lump too. Either way, it's not a straight 4 but a boxermotor (and IIRC a real one too).

I think the 145/146 had a flat 1.6. I quite fancied one in the day. Had a quick look at ‘tinternet and the 120ps engine (in standard trim) was a Twin Spark though.

I came close to buying a V6 75 once, but the gear lever came off in my hand during the test drive.

the 145/146 will be fuel injected too :confused:

the 145/146 will be fuel injected too :confused:

Odd, innit?

Anyone remember the Nissan Cherry Cloverleaf thingy, wih a flat Sud engine

The "Arna" or somesuch? I always thought that they put nearly all the wrong parts of Alfa and Nissan into that car, like Nissan's charisma, and Alfa's build quality.

The "Arna" or somesuch? I always thought that they put nearly all the wrong parts of Alfa and Nissan into that car, like Nissan's charisma, and Alfa's build quality.

:rofl:

Thanks for the info, but I'm having real trouble finding out essentially what engine would be best for me to go for. The current situation is I've built a kit car using all of the Skoda 130's running gear (including engine) and got a whopping 65 bhp to play with right now. Would ideally like to get around 120 bhp. Any ideas? Maybe 1.6 felicia engine?

a 1.8/2.0 8v Vauxhall engine.

A few have put them into estelle rally cars...

And x-flows too....

the 1.3 lump will easily go to 100+bhp. speak to skudman on skoda-forum

...Another skoda all alloy lump is best suited to a rear engined skud or a similar weighted alloy engine, nothing heavy, else the fine handling is upset.

Surely its easier to just tune the existing engine?

Fabia 1400 block, cam, throttle bodies on custom management or twin 38/40 DCOEs, 4-1manifold+exhaust,uprated valve springs, head work, should see 130bhp+

The standard 135/136 carbie engine will go to 120bhp, with internals, single sidedraught Weber and bananas.

the 1.6 felicia engine and all of the skoda engines will cost a fair bit to get to around 120hp...

i would try and get a 1.7 16v alfa 33 engine. quad throttle bodies, and lairy cams right from the factory

Ok, it's 20 years back, but the figures I have were of the order of £600, plus manifolds and carb, so maybe £1000 then.

my mate has found me an alfa 33 its only done 3000 miles but then rolled and has been sitting in his dad garage since, he only wants £50, so that would be much cheaper but where can i go and get a adaptor plate? any other factors do i need to think about?

if i was to tune the 130 engine who can i call to get a price to do the work?

wherabouts are you???

i'd do the work for you just for a laugh

i live in essex, southend on sea

i'v seen one with a mazda rz7 turbo in it!!!!!!!!!!

look at the spec of paul wyatts skoda on skodarapid.com

120ish iirc

i live in essex, southend on sea

hey timmy , any luck on the conversion?? just bought a 130 rapid. with a blown head gasket and was thinking of converting to something with a bit more power. we're in westcliff , just down the road from you...cheers!!