Date:         Wed, 16 May 2001 13:41:48 -0700
Reply-To:     '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@vanagon.org>
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From:         '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@vanagon.org>
Subject:      Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
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Tim,

I think the main reason the kit won't go in is height. The PV4 article says the engine is a tight fit. Since the Vanagon engine bay is 7" lower than the bay... you just don't have the height.

Thanks,
Chris

On Wed, 16 May 2001, Aristotle Sagan wrote:

>
> >I contacted Clarks Corvair parts yesterday and got a very prompt reply
> >that was depressing :)
> >
> >They said that their engine swap kits worked on 68 to 79 busses, but
> >they have nothing for vanagons. I looked at their website briefly and
> >they inferred that they modify their engines for such swaps, to turn in
> >the other direction (the right way for VW), which I found fascinating.
> >
> >They don't know what VW did differently when they went to the vanagon,
> >so they didn't expect that their kits would work.
> >
> >A giant "awww rats" from this part of the valley.
> >
> >John
>
> That's pretty scarey. Not a whole lot of difference between a 79(bus) 1.8
> Aircooled and an 80 (vanagon) 2.0 Aircooled. Mounting brackets?
> Transmission? I would think other than modifying the length of the input
> shaft from the transmission and a thousand other minor details, it would
> drop right in. Of course, thinking about pulling out a 20 year old engine
> (that there are lots of spares of) and putting in a 35 year old engine that
> there aren't many left of... doesn't compute. And then having to change the
> camshaft anyhowz... If you're gonna do a swap....
>
> Perhaps "RoadCow" is the way you want to go.
>
> Just my opinion,
> tim o'brien
>
>
>
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Thanks,
Chris Gronski
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