Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:21:23 +0000
Reply-To: joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Idle Vanagon Question - upgrading engine
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You got that right, Sam. Exactly right. Education, parts accumulation,
doing things wrong once the first time, figuring out how things work, it all
just takes time, or at least it did for an amateur like me. I think I could
(will?) do the next one in a lot less time, though.
But last weekend my Westy Subie 2.2, loaded with seven people, got up Floyd
Hill (the first major incline into the Rockies on I-70) at 70 MPH with power
to spare. That kind of performance makes it very, very worth the time.
Joe T.
>From: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
>Reply-To: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Idle Vanagon Question - upgrading engine
>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:22:37 -0400
>
>Florian,
>
>I'll bet you only about 5%, if that, of those who do Subaru DIY swaps do
>it in 1-2 weeks.
>
>If a person has spent weeks or months studying the conversion, waits for
>weeks or months after committing to the Subaru conversion to assemble
>the parts which are often not readily available from the shops that make
>them, doesn't fabricate any of them, and gets the harness done by
>someone else, then 2 weeks is a remote possibility for the first time
>converter. But, very unlikely.
>
>This is not to be critical of the Subaru conversion as a DIY project. I
>just don't think it is correct to portray it as a two week job to a
>complete novice who has just begun to think about conversions, or really
>to anyone.
>
>I just don't think that you will find many who have done it in that
>short time period. I've been reading the Subaru list a long time and
>don't remember many, if any, start to finish in 2 week conversions from
>first timers. It takes most people far longer than that to become
>informed and decide which of the parts and configuration options to
>choose. It take most people longer than two weeks to find the donor car
>and pull the engine, harness and other needed parts. It takes far
>longer than two weeks to get the parts from the vendors, or to make them
>up if you do that yourself.
>
>Sam
>
>
>
>
>--
>Sam Walters
>Baltimore, MD
>
>89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside
>85 Westy Weekender
>85 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel - to become veggie oil powered
>
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