Flo is spot on. Many Vanagon owners are already DIY "mechanics" and like a challenge. Assuming you have: Another vehicle to drive Plenty of free time (50-100+ hours) a gracious & understanding family **_this one is important_** ability to read/write and use the Internet the desire to learn how things go together and do problem solving the desire to save some $$$ Then go ahead and do the Subie conversion yourself. If you get stuck the follks on the SubaruVanagon group and this list will help. However, if you don't have a lot of spare time, but have the money, pay a professional to have the engine installed or buy a turn-key package from Vanaru or similar. -Paul
>Ben and others, > > >I have to chime in here. My subie conversion was around $1800 after i sold >my waterboxer, or about $2500 not factoring that in. That figure is for a >soobie 2.2 that had 128kmiles on it, kep kit with complete new exhaust, tom >shiels manifold and t housing, new clutch, exchanged coolant and heater >lines all the way to the front........ yes i did the harness myself. >In terms of experience, I had done an oil change and changed my shocks >before. That was it. Did it take me a while? Sure, maybe 100 hours plus >another 20 looking for parts on the internet. Would I be considerably faster >next time? Probably. was it fun? you bet. did i make mistakes? yes, >including not tightening the wheels properly when i was done. yes, i had to >take the harness out again because i did some ground wires not carefully >enough. but all in all, not too bad. >flo |
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