Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 04:10:32 -0600
Reply-To: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject: Re: Subaru Transplant/Insurance Co.?
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Pushing that 1800# rice rocket and dealing with 2 tons plus of Vanagon are
two different loads for that motor. wonder if that 350k+ engine will last
that long with the extra weight, but I hope it does.
One topic I haven't seen discussed on this list with all the engine swaps
and power adding going on, what happens if you have an accident with your
van, you're at fault, and the Ins company finds out you had the motor either
hopped up, or a higher HP motor from another manufacturer. Assume you were
also stupid enough not to inform your insurance company you'd made those
changes because you didn't want to pay the extra money..... will they pull
the coverage, or at least try to? Not much funny about this for a Friday.
Dimwitted Moose and flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven L. Goldstein <dgsggold@GTE.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 1:55 AM
Subject: Subaru Transplant
>Well, got our '90 Carat back the other day with a brand new Heart
>Transplant. A Subaru Legacy 2.2 135hp Heart. This Wolfsburg Carat, we
>bought new in 1990, never really lived. Now she's alive! What a match made
>in heaven. The German Vanagon design matched with the superior Japanese
>engineering. No more 19th Century Wasserleaker! I was very lucky to find
>an installer who did his own Westy conversion and is into perfection as
>part of his personality. Anyone who owns a wornout Vanagon and is
>considering a Transplant, I highly recommend the Suby Legacy '90-95 2.2
>engine transplant. These engines easily go 250,000 or more miles before you
>have to start thinking rebuild. I just met a Legacy owner who has 344,000
>miles on his Outback. I'm telling you guys, looking at this engine in her
>new home, looks like from the factory. That Suby engine with the automatic
>tranny is a dream to drive. You can barely feel the tranny shift. If you
>live in Southern California I will be glad to turn you on to my installer.
>He is an Electrical Engineer by trade, but he loves his hobby. He's
>very reasonable and into doing things right the first time! Steve
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