I ain't getting involved in this one....... just thought it was worth telling. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:33:17 -0600 "Chris Stann" <ChrisS@Informs.com> writes: > My old Aerostar had a 4.0 V6. I believe it was an iron-block motor. > If it > is, wouldn't that make it a bit heavy for a conversion? > > Chris. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On > Behalf > Of Stan Wilder > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:09 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Ultimate Engine Upgrade(I win!)<F> > > > I hate to start another thread on engine swaps (hope I never do one) > but > while at a wrecking yard Wednesday a fellow showed up with an 83.5 > Westy > that he had installed a 140 hp Ford Aerostar V6 engine in. He > claimed > that it was a near drop in and had very few modifications to make to > the > VW configuration. > I was so pissed off when I finally met the guy that I was competing > with > for parts like front seats, sun visors, door panels and all of the > other > interchangeable parts for my 83 Westy (aircooled) that I didn't get > into > any long discussion about his engine swap. I did get a look at it > and he > had done a neat job and looked like it was a fit rather than a torch > job. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Westfalia Air Cooled > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:22:26 -0500 Kenneth D Lewis > <kdlewis@JUNO.COM> > writes: > > It's a little hard on tires but talk about hill climbing power! > > > > http://neksiwel.20m.com/images/uem.jpg > > > > Good Luck and Drive Safely > > Ken Lewis > > 86 Crewcab,60 356 > > http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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