Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (April 2009, week 3)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:34:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: used Vanagon engine
Comments: To: Michelle Garofano <mystigal@GMAIL.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
              reply-type=original

for fuel mileage I would say you can expect around 19 to 20 mpg, with a high of about 21 mpg on the highway, with a manual trans Vanagon. As low as 17 mpg if you push it hard, like at 70 mph . You might consider in inline four, 1.8 Jetta/gold engine. One guy on here runs that with a 5 speed trans in a fairly early vagabond and he reports 23 mpg on the highway, and a one time high of 27 mpg. those engines are plentiful and inexpensive, and if you use diesel vanagon engine mounting parts, it's a bolt-in. I'll be installing a 16 valve version of this engine into my personal vanagon when I find the time. Should be a nice little engine ......123 hp at 5,800 rpm.

Subaru - a 2.2 Subaru engine will deliver 21 mpg with a bit more .........I've had an engine conversion customer of mine report a high of 24 mpg, fully loaded in a westy on a summertime trip to Colorado, including high altitude driving, like up to 11,000 feet.

oh yes....Bostig Ford Zetec engine ..........2.0 liters, inline 4, 16 valves.........those should do in the low 20's I think, and better than a waterboxer for sure.

'what you can use that's already there' - probably mainly the cooling system stuff that's been added to change your vanagon from air-cooled to liquid cooled.....all that should transfer over, but seems to me not much else. Scott www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Garofano" <mystigal@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: used Vanagon engine

> 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


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.