Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:34:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: used Vanagon engine
Comments: To: Michelle Garofano <mystigal@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <ed0b16c70904141811r5dffa3fbp5b18302e53086263@mail.gmail.com>
              (Michelle Garofano's message of "Tue\, 14 Apr 2009 18\:11\:34
              -0700")
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A rotary engine... intersting.  Never heard of one of those in a Vanagon
before.

Michelle Garofano <mystigal@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> Greetings all!
>
> To you folks who have done your engine swaps and have an old (but good)
> Vanagon engine that needs a new home, I'm in the market, as it were (I'm in
> the Seattle area).  I recently purchased a 1981 Westfalia that had been
> converted to water-cooled with a Mazda RX-7 rotary engine... which gobbles
> oil like crazy & requires an elaborate ritual of maneuvers to get it to
> start... two things I'd just rather not deal with.  I'm looking for gas
> mileage more than power, and would appreciate advice on which engine (1.9L,
> 2.1L, etc.) gets the best mileage for hauling the weight of a full-camper
> Westy.  Since all the conversion gear is already in place for the Mazda
> engine, I'm also looking into what else might work with my current set up...
> though my recent experience (& research I've done around it) has soured me
> on rotary engines in general, and I'm not interested in going deisel at this
> point in time.
>
> Happy Travels,
> Mish
>

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1991 Vanagon GL