I believe the main hassle in doing this is that the vanagon transmission is supported in the rear by being mounted to the engine. The upright's tranny is rear-mounted to the chassis, which also holds the engine up. An upright in a vanagon would drag on the ground unless you fabricated a crossover bar to hold it up, or lots of bungees. Don't know if the vanagon support will fit under a 1600 case or not. Sean
on 12/15/02 3:36 PM, Nemo, Bus Captain at nemobuscaptain@YAHOO.COM wrote: > Will a standard upright 1600 fit into an > aircooled vanagon? I know the obvious > shortcomings--losing 10-20 hp, oil filter, alum > case, Raby says the T4 engine is bulletproof, > etc-- and that most everyone would recommend > against this, but I just gotta know. Other than > fabricating cooling tin, what else must be done? > > > Similar vein: there were some threads about > converting the wasserboxer case to an aircooled > engine. Is the upright 1600 fan used? What > other upright components are used? > > Thanks, > Ray > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com |
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