Date:         Sat, 8 Sep 2007 20:05:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: An engine transplant:  ?  (subie alterntaive)  long post.
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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At  9/8/2007 08:45 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>I like messing around with my vehicles to make em work better for me.
>
>While I am pretty happy with my current 84 partial camper and it's
>transplanted 92 Cabriolet inline 4 motor, I keep looking.  I've been lurking
>on the Subaru Yahoo list, toying with the idea of maybe doing a transplant
>project sometime.  But the more I read over there, the less I like the way
>many of those projects seem to progress.  Yes, when they are done and all
>the glitches are worked through, their owners are almost 'evangelistic'
>about their praise for their new motors.  But, there seems to be an
>uncounted number of potential quagmires to fall into, judging from the posts
>over there.

Not a problem with my conversion.
<shrug>
But are not most posts about someone having a problem they want some
help with?




Rob
becida@comcast.net

With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington. With
well over a year of regular, daily, trouble free driving right along
with the rest of the cars, even up hill.