Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:15:43 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
He he he.... how if you wife doing Paul, ha ha ha. Get that Syncro ready for
Mexico, still drive a wasser??? ha ha ha.
It's so easy when you have seen the tricks! yea, the little stuff.
No i know and could tell you all about it for a certain "Bribe"($$$$), ha ha ha.
But people have worked hard to make it... perfect, that is what you are
paying for when buying a tested "Turn-key".
Vanaru developed something on the cooling system, a very small thing, that
cost nothing but make all the difference on the engine temperature at
start-up and on warming, without that little thing, you can overheat the
engine and cooked this one with time.
In life, some details make all the difference but are worth a lot of money.
I have enough knowledge to know when i see perfection, i have respect for
those who created this one.
Yea yea, i know, many of you are thinking, will he stop with his Subi power
braging.... he he he, no, sorry, i'm in love, i have to tell the whole world
about how nice it is, you should have a ride with me.... ask Jamie, and i
have never floored the pedal.
Ben
85 Red Tornado 2.5L rocket ship :-)
Will be a WRX STI 300 HP one day, not so far, yea, you go Diesel... i will
see you one the beach.
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:36:09 -0700, Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote:
>Flo is spot on.
>
>Many Vanagon owners are already DIY "mechanics" and like a challenge.
>Assuming you have:
>
>Another vehicle to drive
>Plenty of free time (50-100+ hours)
>a gracious & understanding family **_this one is important_**
>ability to read/write and use the Internet
>the desire to learn how things go together and do problem solving
>the desire to save some $$$
>
>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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