Very realistic. You will probably need the later intake manifold center section. Then everything else would bolt up. You can choose to upgrade the cooling system, exhaust, oil cooler, etc. The 1.9 fuel injection works just fine. Same injectors as 2.1. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Palmer [mailto:jpalmer@mts.net] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:00 PM To: Dennis Haynes Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1 Interesting idea. What else would I need to swap? Is it a realistic option? I have 280k km on my original 1.9, so it's only a matter of time. Jeff On 2-Feb-07, at 8:15 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Frank, > You're right. Even with the core charge, it is still cheaper. Just > find a > 2.1 that blown and use it for the Core. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of > Frank Condelli > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:22 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1 > > In a message dated 02/02/2007 12:30:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > jpalmer@mts.net writes: > > Hey Frank any word on 1.9s for my 85? > > > > Jeff, I just called and found out that YES, they are available but > the > price > is ---- are you ready ---- $5102.99 Canadian loonies. Now why VW > would > try > to sell the 1.9s for way more money that the 2.1s is way beyond > me. Might > as well put the 2.1 engine in there. > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains > (_Collection > for sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/ > busindex.html) > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) > _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper > camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2007 |
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