Spedie

All this J series hate! :lol: I have a j15 and it gets the job done, but it does leave something to be desired. Do I need to put up a video of a one legged J series burn out!? Not that I ever abuse it or anything..... :P

I have the j15 in my 411 and love it, its a peppy little engine. It was rebuilt by the PO about 5,000 miles ago. You can also look into getting an MGB intake, exhaust, and regrinding the cam.

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Here is my entry. Muddy and wrinkly. shopped:

Heres mine in the 411.

Very interested! Post pictures here before craigslist. :D

In your post on the other forum you said you had a J15 with a L series 5 speed? I would appreciate some more info on what your doing with your engine/transmission combo. Why are you not running the 1800 engine? Thanks!

The most attractive part to me to doing this swap would be the 5 speed. I feel the car would be much more drivable, and if I need I could also swap in the higher geared rear end from the b210. The only draw back to my 411 is sitting in the slow lane going 65 @4000 RPMs. The a14 being smaller and more powerful is just a plus. Im going to get a hold of the seller this weekend and see how low I can get him to go.

My hope would be to get him to sell it for (well) under a grand, and be able to pull the engine and transmission, then part it out. Along with selling the J15 and trans maybe break even? I also worry an overhead cam engine would not fit, and I don't wanna hack this car up.

Hello all. I'm looking for some advice and feedback concerning replacing my J15 with an A14 in my '66 411. I guy her locally rolled his b210 with a built up engine and 5 speed. From the craigslist ad: "i rolled my car but motor and tranny are in perfict condition tranny is a 5 speed all rebuilt and motor a 14 bored and stroked to a 1527 and i also put a 3 step flat cam msd ignition electric distruburator bored and shaved head 2 barrel webber carb every thing has about 4,000 miles on it" The J15 in my car was rebuilt and installed by the PO. It runs and drives fine, but I'm looking for some more ease keeping up on the freeway, and some more power. The big question: Is it worth it!? What power do the A14 put out? Would this be a beneficial swap? The guy told me he would let it go for $1200 for the whole car, this is before any haggling. The body is toast, is there any resale value in anything else? Thanks! Sam :D

This is all very interesting. The ability to mate a 5 speed to my J15 would be amazing. Here is the site that offers the conversion for the MGBs: Rivergate 5 Speeds I may contact them, it would be a market for them to start selling to J series owners.

I purchased my Pl411 for $3000 a year ago. It's in pretty good shape and I've been driving it daily since then. I wouldn't let it go for anything less than that today.

Dont give up on it! This was really motivating me and getting me thinking about fuel injecting my J15. Good luck!

This sounds like a good time! Any weekend would work for me. I could shoot for the lowest horsepower! :lol:

Anyone see this 410/11? http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/1727482285.html

Very interested! Would love some pics.

Looks like a ton of fun! Nice Job :]

When and where is the group from Modesto heading out? Hope to tag along.

Really wish you were closer! Good luck with the sale, looks like a good deal.

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I'm also very interested if you are close by.

I would really have to suggest http://www.volksrods.com/forum/, theDRAMBA can get real purist-y and picky. I frequent here and there, and it's a lot more than just hot rod vw's. Check it out!

If I had to make an educated guess I would say it had 4.11 gears. Doing the math it comes out to near that, given that my speedo isn't too accurate. I guess I'm looking for any easy "throw gears in from this" answer, is there one? I don't think the 3.889 gears would make much of a difference, if that's not what I have no anyways.