Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:04:38 -0400
Reply-To: tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM>
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From: tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM>
Subject: Re: Other Engine Swaps
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Most people use the gasoline heaters (Eberspachers) for heat in air
cooled vehicles.
Bruce Nadig wrote:
> Eric,
>
> I'm in Texas, so heat isn't a huge problem, but I do need heat every
> now and
> then. Actually the 911 engine puts out a pretty good amount of heat. I
> think
> I'll be O.K. with what I've got. I just haven't gotten around to
> engineering
> the heating system yet. It is the least of my worries.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
> motorbruce@hotmail.com
>
>> From: vw4x4@fyi.net
>> To: Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Other Engine Swaps
>> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:36:09 -0400
>>
>> "No
>> oil leaks, no smoke, no fires, and no nasty noises"
>>
>> And no heat.... if this motor is air cooled.
>> I guess where you live this isn't a problem?
>> Eric
>>
>> Bruce Nadig wrote:
>>
>>> Not a Chevy, but much more appropriate for a Vanagon, I just
>>> finished the
>>> engine/transmission phase of my Project Vanagon. Last week marked
>>> the day
>>> the Vincent passed the 1,000 mile mark since I replaced the 2.1 wbx
>>> with a
>>> 3.2 liter Porsche flat-6 and G50 5-speed.
>>>
>>> Considering the scope of this undertaking, I was shocked, amazed, and
>>> thrilled that we had no problems whatsoever in the first thousand
>>> miles.
>>> No
>>> oil leaks, no smoke, no fires, and no nasty noises. I thought that for
>>> sure
>>> something would go wrong! Yesterday we did a valve adjustment on him
>>> and I
>>> hope to make it to the dyno sometime in the next few weeks.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bruce
>>> motorbruce
>>> motorbruce@hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>>>> Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Other Engine Swaps
>>>> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:37:14 -0500
>>>>
>>>> There are Subie swaps, and a variety of inline-4 swaps, but I am
>>>> wondering if there are any Chevy V-6 swaps that are currently out
>>>> there.
>>>> I can't remember for sure, but either Sudhir Desai or Ron Lussier one
>>>> had such a conversion. But I am wondering if anyone else ever did it,
>>>> and if there is any info on thos swaps.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone???
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> John Rodgers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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