Hi chris. I think the VR6 is one of the 'good things' vw did in the last decade. Haven't heard of many problems with them. A few have put them in Vanagons, and there is also a VW V-6 I've seen in a vanagon. Tdi is a different animal and not very comparable to gasoline opposed or V engines I don't think. Let's see....1937 to 2007 - 70 years of constantly manufacturing and upgrading the same basic design - oh, excuse me.....having them in use. The last waterboxer is 1991, in the US .....but if you count Brazil and their air-cooled vw's ............well, still doin' it I think. That's got to be a record, and also perhaps even a 'bad thing.' Like they should get a fresh sheet of paper more often ! -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Chris S. Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:19 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time >but the basic idea dates directly from the first air cooled vw >engines in the late 40's even. > One guy told me how they came up with this waterboxer engine - they told >the engineers at the factory - " You have 30 days to convert our air cooled >design to liquid cooling." !!
Yep.. that explains it. And the Subarugon folks keep smacking their lips about 'superior' engineering. BAH! They haven't tried a VW TDI on for size... or a VR6. By the way, the first VW (KdF) air cooled engine was produced in 1937! The WBX shares many design features with that very first flat-4 engine, as you already know.
Chris S.
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