I got to take one for a spin... the van was loaded up with 5 guys and felt like it had loads of torque. It really was a quality driving vanagon. It had all sorts of suspension mods to give you more of a "sporty" feel, which does bias the seat in those pants, and also had a custom gear ratio 5-sp transmission which i think also does wonders for making a van feel like it has more power. Also, i think the test model was an even higher displacement than the one you quoted (2.4L with a 10:1 CR, i think...) Having said all that, it pulled strong off of idle and seemed to have a nice, wide power band. 91 octane, though...$$$ It does use all stock FI parts, which is probably a good thing for future mechanics down the line... Overall, it seemed a good candidate (but i have not driven any conversions at all - just a BusLab 2.2wbx and a Go Westy big daddy engine) -Damon --- SyncroWesty <SyncroWesty@ATTBI.COM> wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone have any direct experience with the > performance Waterboxer longblocks being offered by > Go Westy these days? I cannot find any info in the > archives. > > I quoted the description of the engine below. The > link is: > > http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=gw&Product_Code=GVW-2268cc&Category_Code=mp-eng-rbe > > > Thanks for any and all input. > > Cory ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com |
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