Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:19:21 -0700
Reply-To: Dave Mari <vw4x41987@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Dave Mari <vw4x41987@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Engine Conversions
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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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