Does'nt sound boring to me. I know the feeling you are talking about going up hill I just finished my VR6 conversion this spring and have been driving the heck out of it. If you have pics I would love to see them. I also have a syncro that I am planing to convert. Did you do anything to lift the suspension? Darren Lowell MI >From: Rob Infante <RobInfante@AOL.COM> >Reply-To: RobInfante@AOL.COM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: another boring trip to Maine and Vermont. >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:21:46 EDT > >Last weekend I took the syncro westy from NJ up to NH, to let it stretch >its >legs with the new svx engine. It ran great! Hans and John at East Coast >Vanagon did the conversion for me, and it came out looking first class. >Its >really a pleasure passing people going 85 up hills. I do need to remember >the >vanagon is not a stealth vehicle, and cops won't appreciate that speeding >is >a form of self-expression and liberation! I didn't go on anything rougher >than some manky dirt roads, but it was still a blast, and I had fun >spending >time in the woods with friends. Its also now sporting SA headlights, a >rebuilt >transaxle, schwenk springs with OMEs, SA front brakes, projekstwo fog >lights >and a decoupler, so it feels like a whole new vehicle.. > >Where in the Whites were you off-roading? I'll be back up there in two >weeks, on the north tip of Winnepesaukee. If I can escape the family (a >rather >big if, it is a family weekend) I hope to go sample the trails. > >ciao >rob _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement |
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