Date:         Sat, 10 May 2003 06:19:21 +0000
Reply-To:     Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can I swap a 2.1 WBX longblock for a 1.9?
Comments: To: conradk@MAC.COM
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plug and play, my friend.



Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA





>From: Conrad Klahn <conradk@MAC.COM>
>Reply-To: Conrad Klahn <conradk@MAC.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Can I swap a 2.1 WBX longblock for a 1.9?
>Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 21:53:00 -0500
>
>Hi,
>
>Short: Can I buy a 2.1 WBX longblock and put all my 1.9 stuff on it?
>(Automatic) (I need a new exhaust anyways, so I have no problem with
>buying that.)
>
>Long: I changed the oil for the first time since bringing the Westy
>home, fired it up after the oil change - tock, tock, tock, tock... Oh,
>crap. The PO must have put glue in the oil to keep it from tocking. Oh
>well. I was planning on a new engine at some point, but this really was
>too soon. My wife hit the ceiling of course when I broke the news. (She
>forgave me later though.) - I've since put Mystery Glue in there to
>quiet down the tock, tock, tock - but there's bound to be a spun
>bearing in there.
>
>Ultimately, I was shooting for the 1.9 liter TD swap. But 2k for the
>engine and 1.5k for the adapter is a bit much for me right now. I
>really like my new Subaru Forester - and wouldn't mind the Subaru swap,
>but the wiring is something I don't want to even think about (I can,
>but I prefer not to...). Going with the 2.0 Golf/Jetta is a cool idea -
>but I've read too many horror stories about it (sounds easy and cheap
>to put in, but too easy to break.)
>
>Can I buy a 2.1 WBX longblock and put all my 1.9 stuff on it?
>
>Conrad

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