Date:         Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:54:50 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine conversion.
Comments: To: BP@EARTHLING.NET

Markus;
        Sounds cool. If I was going to convert my crew cab I would go for
an air cooled Porsche six cylinder. Sounds like it would be cheaper and
parts would be more readily available. I believe the six would mate up to
the W/B transaxle, but I would opt for a Porsche Tiptronic. Since you got
me started I might as well throw on some of those massive 911 disk brakes
on all four corners. I better stop here before I have turbos and
intercoolers shoe-horned in.
        One plus for this unit would be the elimination of all the
coolant pipes and radiator.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
For Sale: 61 AustinHealey Sprite(not Bugeye);Daily driver $2500

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:03:41 +0100 Markus Samuelson <BP@EARTHLING.NET>
writes:
>A conversion that is/was available here in Europe was the Oettinger =
>boxer/flat 6 which is an engine that VW was to introduce to the
>Vanagon, =
>VW however dropped it when it became evident that they wouldn't have
>it =
>finished until a year or so before the introduction of the Eurovan. So
>=
>Oettinger bought/got the engines instead but I don't know if they make
>=
>them anymore. These are watercooled 6 cylinder boxer engines that (I =
>belive) have a lot of the parts coming from the ordinary 4 cylinder =
>boxers.
>
>A friend of mine in Germany has a Doublecab automatic with one of
>these =
>in and he has made quite a few BMW M3 owners very surprised and very
>sad =
>at the stoplights :-)
>
>/Markus Samuelson=20
>Sweden

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