Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:40:40 -0700
Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness
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On 3/11/08, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> What I'm getting at is how can you say this ? :
> You've seen one Subie
>
> conversion, you've seen them all.
>
"Beam me up, Scotty."
It is what you say in Da Republik of Amurka, jest (yes, spelling nazis, that
was on purpose) an "expression". Of course, there are conversions which are
best described as engineering abortions. My 84 GL with the 2.2 EJT looks
fabulous on top. From the bottom is another story. Most Subie conversions
mount and fit the same way. Nothing exciting there anymore. My point is once
you've seen how well it fits, the rest is just fluff. They all pretty much
sort of install, right? Nevermind that so-and-so's wiring looks like a
refugee from the Spaghetti Factory or worse from Lucas, the Prince of
Darkness. Most of the Subie conversions I've seen are nice but the luster
has gone. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all. I would like to see
one of those ones with custom bellhousings such as he once vendor Richard
Jones is selling in the UK. I can;t say I've ever seen one of those
conversions.
My other point was it is not as easy to do the conversion as many who have
posted would suggest. Despite enjoying working on my cars, I know for a fact
that it is often less expensive to farm out the work. I value my time. I'm
sure most of us do. Time is money. That 309D was a good example. I would
have spent all that time just flying out to Oregano =) before even laying my
eyes on that Mini Bus. You on, the otherhand, could have gotten the thing
running before I could even clear airport security! I know what time is
worth. Whenever I work on a project I evaluate how long it would take me vs.
what it would cost to get someone else to do the work. Don't get me wrong,
there are times when my time is not as worth as much. For example, I have
sit around today to receive a very large high value shipment. I don't have
anything workwise which I can effectively do while waiting. However, my 88
Doka has a bad power window motor. I'm working on it now as you'll see in my
next posting. Unfortunately, I do not think I can ever find any enough of
these "special days". So no matter how much pleasure I might derived from
performing my own conversion, my time is too valuable during all those other
times to do the work myself.
Ya' see what I mean?
=)
BenT
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