VANAGON archives -- March 2008, week 2 (#351)

Date:         Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:16:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Golf engine mount brackets same as Fox? (for my Vanagon
              engine conversion)
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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No, transverse mounted engines like Rabbit/Golf/Jetta have different
brackets than longitudinal mounted engines like Fox/Dasher/Quantum. You
want the longitudinal brackets. Vanagons are longitudinal as well.

Mark



neil N wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Am going to look at some engine mount brackets on a 1.8 late '80's Golf.
>
> Are they the same as the Fox brackets?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>

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