Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:30:21 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
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Well, I think you should try a turbo soobie next then, or a turbo zetec.
A nice turbo soobie 2.5 WVR engine is 300 hp, or nearly.
Nice size package for a vanagon too.
SVX's are quite rewarding to drive of course. Like goes 80 any time you
want, even up big hills.
And can do 80 mph in 3rd or 4th gear....it's the kind of power I call
'authority'.
If you're going 60 and you want to go 80, it easily changes to that speed,
even uphill.
Quite rewarding that way.
I guess you'll have to test drive an SVX vanagon next !
Scott
www.turbovans.com <http://www.turbovans.com/>
-----Original Message-----
From: B Monk [mailto:wmonk@snet.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:44 PM
To: Scott Daniel - Shazam; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
I have owned a tiico van,a wasser boxxer van,a Subie van, and have driven a
Zetec van.
The best driving powerwise was the Zetec and Subie van. The tiico was okay
better than
stock. While I don't think the Zetec is cheap,it is reasonably priced for a
conversion. It
is a nice design motor wise and the way the conversion kit was built. A very
simple
install. Plus lots of power upgrades can be done through a HUGE tuner
market. Plus
the Bostig guys can set you up with some boost. A Subaru conversion is also
very nice and you can get a pretty powerfull motor stuffed in your van going
that
route. You could even do it cheaper than a Zetek if your thrifty enough but
plan on
some build time. Being a virtual tinkerer I am on the fence about my next
conversion. I am power hungry.( I have a 65 Mustang Convertible with a blown
302 stroker motor that will lift the front end off the ground).But,also want
something reliable in
the back of my Westy. I can't comment much on the oil burners because I
don't like
the way that stuff smells! I hate the smell of the exhaust on my work and
wish it
ran on plain gas.
Bill
Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
'most torqey'......pumped up tdi's and SVX 3.3 subaru engines come to mind.
Torque is nice, but so is a rippin' high end too. I just got this 98 Impreza
subaru 2.2 engine running right ............and it is sweet. It rips. Toque
is ok, but it's not a torque monster of course being a 2.2, but when you
have a nice lively rising upper rpm range....that's nice too, very
rewarding.
This diesel westy with this engine...............there is just no
difference between 60 and 75 mph in it. It's always getting right into its
power band the faster you go.
It depends on what you want of course.
I do like a rising power curve as opposed to one that comes on strong right
away and then fades gradually. But 'it depends' on what you want really.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
Well,
What IS the most torquey engine conversion out there for the V-gons?
Inquiring minds and all that ............
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
David Marshall wrote:
> Yeah... almost Friday.
>
> My company car is a 2003 Ford Focus...
> what a piece of smeg engine... makes lots of noise when you step on it and
> when you wiiiiiiind it out to the top end of the rev range there is a hint
> of decent power then and then red line and you have to shift. This
> is not the engine I would want to put into a 2500kg westfalia and hope to
> get anywhere faster than what it could do with a stock engine.
>
> Torque sells cars and engine conversions, but really torque is what is
> needed to get our Vanagons going, so a Diesel engine is what our Vanagons
> need.
>
> The V8 gasoline Touareg has 350hp and the V10 Diesel
> Touareg has 313hp - the *Diesel* will win in a 0 to 100km/h sprint as it
> has 553ft.lbs or torque at 1800 rpm and the gasser has 324ft.lbs at 3000
> something in the rpm band. Tourque is like a drug the more you have
> the more you want. Once you drive a Vanagon with lots of torque you
> will spend the rest of your life trying to convert the unwashed.
> :-)
>
> David Marshall
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> http://www.fastforward.ca
>
> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
> 3J2
>
> On Thu, January 10, 2008 20:22, AAG - Larry Word wrote:
>
>> It's almost Friday - what is the consensus to date of the group
>>
> installing
>
>> 2000 ford focus engine into Vanagons?
>>
>> Any ideas, links, info., articles, etc. would be appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>
>
>
