I had a 3.4l chevy v6 in my vanagon for about 9 years ('98 - '07) (sold the van with the conversion intact). The current owner has converted it from carb to megasquirt fuel injection, and tells me it gets mid 20s on the highway. I was running it more for drag racing fun(500cfm edelbrock carb, on a performer intake, etc.), so I only got around 10mpg, but it sure was fun pegging the speedometer at every straightaway. :D Outside of 8 busted transmissions and countless clutches, it was a blast to drive. :) I drove it from MD to MI and back, for college every quarter, and it made the journey without a fuss. Sudhir On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe it was a former listee back in the 90s, Dave (Schwartze?) (now on > the Type 2 List) that had a V6 Vanagon (GM, but dunno which engine) for the > longest time called the V6anagon. Outside of the occasional clutch problem, > he said it was a wunnerful van to drive. > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Robert Young <rjyoung67@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > My neighbor in NC had a Buick V6 in his Vanagon and it was a pretty clean > > installation. I know the engines are everywhere and pretty low priced. And > > I know Keh has the adapter. The only down side (that I know of) is that it > > sticks up and the engine lid has to be modified. > > Robert > |
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