Date:         Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:07:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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Sure Stan, but no wheelies... :-)

still puttering along with an original 1.9 WBX,

Tim

At 04:27 PM 2/2/2004 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote:
>I think the old rule of 'run what you brung' is still good.
>Most WBs will run 75 mph and even the Air Cooled Vanagons and heavy Westies
>will run 70 mph plus all day long if the engines are in good condition.
>Investing up to $5000.00 for a bigger engine so you can run an extra 50K
>miles is about two to three times what you'd spend keeping your existing
>engine running that much longer or replacing it with a good rebuilt engine.
>
>Stan Wilder
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Ben T
>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:58 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
>
>
>In a message dated 2/2/2004 9:09:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>lsm6@NORTHCOAST.COM writes:
>I was reading in Ultra VW #6 about Oettinger 3.2 6 cylinder WBX engines.
>They talk about the popularity of the type 25 in Europe(and the type 2) hope
>some of more of this comes across the ocean.   Lloyd in Eureka, Ca (who is
>tired of seeing Vanagons in the Junk yard getting squished)
>Had a chance to buy one or two. Couldn't figure out how to pass the engine
>under the Federal emission noses.
>
>BenT