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Date:         Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:18:45 -0800
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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>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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