Date:         Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:22:50 +0100
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
Comments: To: BenTbtstr8@aol.com
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I'll see if I can find the issue, and slip it into the scanner. MSDS used a
special header, developed by MSDS for the Vanagon conversion, if I remember
right.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

BenTbtstr8@aol.com wrote:

> I don't recall that article. However, I do recall an article in European Car
> Magazine (formerly VW/Porsche Magazine). In the January 1994 issue, they
> detailed a conversion performed by a place called Knightwerks in Honolulu,
> Hawaii on a Canadian spec Crewcab Transporter. They performed the
> installation with parts from MSDS and decided to use the Vanagon transaxle.
> There is a mention of using exhaust pieces from MSDS due to ground clearance
> problems but heating was not addressed. Of course this vehicle was in Hawaii.
> I hardly think they worry about heating there. A quick review of the MSDS
> website yielded no reference to heating. Nor are there any photos of the
> headers.
>
> BenT
> San Francisco