Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:35:05 -0500
Reply-To: Vanagon Man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Vanagon Man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby
aircooled motor take note ..
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What he was saying is building a stock 2 liter for a vanagon is something he
no longer does..He turns folks on to the powerstroke instead.
He makes good motors and really pays attention to details. He keeps trying
new things, as does Boston Bob, to make things better.
Adam P
Charleston,SC Coburn, WV
81 Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
1974 412 "Goldmember"
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "S.Harrison" <diverseimaging@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby
aircooled motor take note ..
> Apparently Raby is not building Type IVs for *Vanagons* any longer, that
is
> why I stated the context in which the message was written. Never said he
was
> out of the Type IV business.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "S.Harrison" <diverseimaging@EARTHLINK.NET>;
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby aircooled
> motor take note ..
>
>
> > Don't kid yourself, Jake Raby is going full bore with all types of Type
IV
> > projects.
> > http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/Home_Page.htm
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> > Of S.Harrison
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:13 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby aircooled
> > motor take note ..
> >
> >
> > Saw this on a VW message board, and while I would have liked to spend
many
> > thousands of dollars on a 2.0l Type IV motor, it looks like that check
> won't
> > be made out to Jake Raby for his much-lauded engines. AVP and Boston Bob
> ...
> > the pickings get slimmer.
> >
> > To put this in context, it was in answer to a thread asking why Vanagons
> are
> > so underpowered. Here ya go, don't shoot the messenger:
> >
> >
> > "Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:24 pm
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > ----
> >
> > The engineers were high. worst TIV ever made. Worst gearing ever made.
> They
> > are way too heavy for a stock 2.0 aircooled engine.
> >
> > I finally got to the point where we don't do them anymore.. Too much
> > liability
> > _________________
> > Jake Raby
> > Raby's Aircooled Technology
> >
> >
>
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