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Date:         Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:44:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: Video guides - Timing belts - Subie engines
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It's funny you guys should say this, because that's EXACTLY what we've found.

If a picture is worth a thousand words and there are 29.97 frames per second in NTSC video, even if you trim it to 15 fps for the web that's still 15,000 words per second, which is way faster than anyone can read anyways.

The idea behind the Bostig Core(DIY version of our conversion) is based completely around video install/assembly instructions. The work is already simple to begin with, add a good install video and poof.. anyone can do it to.. which means we can focus on development and not building up turnkeys, but more importantly to customers is it's half the money. Not to mention if it were me, I'd rather do the kit than the turnkey to save the money AND know something more about the way the conversion goes together, and because it's fun and satisfying to do such things myself(if the outcome is good, which it is designed to be to begin with) The turnkey is so easy that the written directions usually cover it, but they still suck compared to video. The first install group for the Core get the 6 sub-kits that make up the whole conversion, and 6 videos of about 15-25 minutes each. Then watching the video, they author any new written tips, leave-outs, caveats, etc that they find which will then form the basis of the written guide. The video first, then the written guide.

I'm also being very careful not to have any pig chases in these videos, as our SDM07 video apparently started a controversy over on the syncro list about wild pigs.

I hear Benny too, installing is *always* easier than getting in deeper... the question then is how deep how quickly does it get, which will in turn help determine someone's motivation and ability to do X level of work themselves. I'll stick with as simple and easy as I can find. But no matter what you start with, video makes it easier, faster, more effective, and more fun.

As the bandwidth grows, so too groweth the video. The video didn't just kill the radio star, it's working on whacking lot's of tedious instructional material too.

Jim Akiba

-----Original Message----- From: Craig Morton [mailto:rangermorton1972@YAHOO.COM] Sent: 2007-06-19 21:20 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Timing belt - Subie engines

If you have not already found it, you boys also need to check out Brent Weide's web site on the Subaru conversion. It is an excellent resource and is found at www.weidefamily.net. Also see Tom Shiels' site at www.subaruvanagon.com.

Craig

Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote: I think an installation video would be priceless. That would go for Vanaru, Bostig and all the other vendors who sell kits. A video is 1000x more useful in some circumstances that written instructions.

I'll second that! I just found my donor car last weekend, and my Smallcar installation kit just arrived yesterday. I gotta say I feel a bit overwhelmed. I've been to SubaruVanagon on Yahoo! printing out info as fast as I can, but an instruction manual or video would be great. I just swapped a 2.1 into my '84 last year, but this looks a whole lot more involved-especially the wiring harness. Jeff

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