I could be wrong--but i would mostly say it has to do with a high torque curve and to much HP for the stock vanagon tranny. they are great engines though--maybe not right for the vanagon. and there is a the whole deck hieght issue--but thats easily fixed by making a raised deck--ie--more storage space anyway I have been poking around for future motors for my 85' Westy and am really curious why nobody is using the VR6 engine as a transplant. |
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