Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:14:42 -0800
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
In-Reply-To: <9BE89F31B73C4F6D9AA85008159DA9E2@daryl01>
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dear all quattro lovers
in december of 2007 my fiance and i were driving to her home in ohio to be
married
Vanagon diesel expired just outside boise idaho --
triple a to wagon works in garden city for R & R of OEM 1.6 Turbo engine
with AA 1.9 Turbo
ok so that is all wonderful but what about us we had to be in ohio in 40
hours ...
Phil provided us with a 1989 Quattro that he had sitting around the shop as
a driver --
we set out in a strait line for ohio ... those on the list at that time
might recall we drove from Garden city idaho to Pemberville Ohio in 30 hours
---
through all sorts of winter weather --- some treacherous -- some benign --
alll sorts in between --
the Quatrro was a joy to drive -- and i mean an absolute joy ...
comfortable-- fast -- sure footed -- the confidence i had in the ride amazed
me --
i can only imagine how nice a vanagon would run with that chassis-- if
engineered to work --
I may even begin a savings plan for one --
yours
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM, aatransaxle <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote:
> Look at the Bostic Zetec conversion at Bostig.com
> Love mine and for about $5000 cash outlay, it was an easy choice for me and
> wouldn't go back.
> Yes, you can put a 2.2 Q motor in there, but those I have talked to thru
> the
> years say its OK, but not great for some reason in a van. The 2 guys I
> talked to were lukewarm about it.
> I have a QuantumSyncroWagon and love it. Its an Audi Quattro with a VW body
> on it basically.
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> (425) 788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
> 86 Syncro Westy
> Zetec in the trunk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Bertarelli" <abertarelli@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 6:22 PM
> Subject: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
>
>
> Fello van addicts,
>>
>> I love this community and the list, i have lurched here for years, and
>> i have turned to this forum more than once for advice in solving my
>> vans many quirks. My poor syncro has been sitting and waiting for an
>> engine conversion for ever. I always get close to doing it, but every
>> time i have enough money to do a conversion on her, life problems
>> creep up, the money gets used and the van sits, and the wife gets
>> frustrated with my obsession of keeping her and one day having my
>> dream van. I am a big dreamer, and have put to many hours thinking
>> about which conversion to do, and spent to many hours in the salvage
>> yards dreaming. I finally narrowed myself down and am about to pull
>> the trigger on a bostig deposit, when something on craigslist caught
>> my eye. Someone local to me is selling a 86 vw quantum syncro with a
>> audi 2.2 5cyl in it. It got me thinking about this conversion again.
>> I once had an audi given to me as a donor for my syncro. After the
>> audi 80 sat forever i finally gave it away because the physical parts
>> for this conversion where very expensive, and after dreaming about it
>> forever i finally decided to limp the boxer along. Long story short,
>> i saw this quantum syncro and thought to myself what if. I wonder if
>> vw used the same tranny in the quantum syncro as the vanagon syncro.
>> Or if the bell housing mounts are the same. If so, it might be
>> possible to pick that engine out of the quantum with the bell housing
>> and stick it in the vanagon. I would only be missing the motor mount
>> which you can get. So I ask the list for wisdom, would this quantums
>> audi powerplant mount up to my vanagon tranny. If the quantum had
>> been converted to this 5cyl the bell housing adapter might fit and all
>> i would need to find is the engine mounting bar and mounts. It is a
>> crazy thought but it is in my area cheap and again i am a big dreamer.
>> What do my fellow vanagon friends think.
>> Adrian
>>
>
--
roger w
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