Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 19:06:24 -0700
Reply-To: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
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I can just picture that low mileage '87 VW cruising over the Sierras
along with the rest of the traffic. Back in '90 my low mileage '86
couldn't keep up with traffic on that freeway hill.
Be nice to see.
Rob
At 11/1/2007 06:51 PM,Mike wrote:
> My stock,original, low miles, '87 Westy has 2.1 and an automatic. It
>doesn't perform as poorly as you say yours does. I guess your engine must
>be very tired, and is obviously lacking power, if it can't even maintain 45
>mph up a long freeway hill. It sounds like it's time for a
>rebuild.......talk to Boston Bob for the real answers to your problems.
>
>Mike B.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Daniel - Shazam" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:15 PM
>Subject: Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
>
>
>Stock waterboxers....yup, can be real reliable.
>Seriously lacking in decent power in many situations however...
>Like my 85 weekender with 2.1 wbxr engine and fuel system, and auto
>trans....
>The best it can do on some freeway hills is 45 and sometimes even only
>40.....
>And all the other ( too numerous in California ) cars are going 70 or 80 up
>that same hill. Like it's a safety issue even.
> You combine that with the joke head gasket system, and old tech engine
>management system, and fuel mileage that could be better...... and lots of
>things are hard to work on too, on stock waterboxer engines, like a water
>pump job with the engine in the van - a pure knuckle ripper of a job.
>Consider all that, and the search for a better engine becomes obvious.
>Scott
>www.turbovans.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Zeitgeist
>Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:14 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
>
>My WBX is too damn reliable. I feel cheated of my shot at vocal
>malcontentedness. My old '87 GL was too reliable, as well. I feel doubly
>cheated. My anger and remorse is palpable.
>
>Just thought I'd share my story of woe and misery with my factory
>conversion...
>
>On 11/1/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>That made your day didn't it?
>>
>>Rob
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