Date:         Wed, 6 Sep 2000 23:09:59 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Thinking swap? ...Stay focused on the context...
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>I have plans for putting a 2840cc type IV in my beetle with in the next
>12-16 months.

Let us know how it performs!!

>and I have yet to see a WBX in a beetle (if that's what you're after).

I have heard of one being done recently. Also, VW itself did an
experimental rear-engined supercharged WBX Polo wagon in the earlier 90s
but never put into production.

I suspect that if you could do welding and machining to increase the
headgasket contact area the WBX leakage problem could be cured.

Please, can we all drop the aggro? We're all supposed to be friends here,
but instead some number of folks are sounding like a Kiwi VW club...


Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
1989 CE90 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel van/wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel