There one kit left right now for the 4th install groug: Bostig v2.0 Engine Conversion, 4th install group Posted on Oct 1, 2008 5:48 pm PDT - Contact the poster - All items by Bostig Engineering - Price: $ 4,362.00 per item Quantity: 1
go to: <http://www.google.com/base/a/377517/D6149500369571900628> for more info.
Dave
--- On Tue, 10/7/08, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: Engine Conversions > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 1:57 PM > This is so true. > > I installed a "home brew" Jetta 2.0 engine at > 15*. > > Engine/wiring harness/misc parts: $600, KEP > "Rabbit" kit > (plate/flywheel): ~ $550. (Cnd.) MIG welder, acc., tank + > gas ~ $700 - > 800. Steel ? but not a high relative cost. > > If one kept their clutch/starter, purchased a *known* > working engine > (can't stress this enough), fabricated what's > needed, IMO, they > *might* get in under 2K. But from what I've > experienced, (a newb) > there are unforseen costs. i.e. redoing something requiring > new > gaskets/parts. Plus I chose a "blanket" attack on > the engine (didn't > see it running) and put in a new clutch, water pump, new > seals and > belts etc. Plus it takes WAY more time. > > The hardest parts of the install were: adapting and trouble > shooting > engine management (Motronic), fabricating the exhaust and > to some > degree the engine carrier. There were also issues with fine > tuning > parts I made or adapted. > > But as Allan says, saving money means fabricating. IMHO > paying someone > to make these parts would *really* bump up the costs. > > Again, this is knowledge based upon a 15* install. > > For me, a 50* install would have bumped up conversion costs > of the > major parts. The needed DV parts range from $500 - $1000 > from what > I've seen on The Samba. I chose to put this money > toward a MIG, raw > materials, and new parts. But, I'd do it the 50* route > next time. > > And for sure. This Bostig is a slick setup. I *think* you > have to be > in an install group to get the "kit" for 5K. But > I might be behind on > my Bostig data! > > Neil. > > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Allan Streib > <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > > Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> writes: > > > >> I can get Jetta and Golf engines in a range of > $500-650 dollars. Just > >> wondering what other parts are needed? > > > > Probably at least another one or two thousand dollars > worth, easily more > > depending on how much you want to scrounge and > fabricate yourself. |
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