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Date:         Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:39:34 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '82-2.0 teardown. help me find the knocking please
Comments: To: "B.J.R." <beer_eighty@yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:06 PM, neil N<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:47 AM, B.J.R.<beer_eighty@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Ps: I'd love something different in my westy, does the rabbit motor match to the tranny or are there adapters? ....

> IMO, engine should be mounted at 50* DV mount angle. 15* mount does > work, and in some ways in an advantage in terms of the conversion > process itself (keep head and engine management.... hopefully that c/w > donor engine/harness) but there are other potential stumbling blocks > and it is MORE work that way.

To be clear, since you asked about a Rabbit engine, I had inferred that a head swap would be needed at 50*. Not nessecarily true.

Check out this page.

http://volksweb.relitech.com/vanagon.htm

AFAIK, head swapping doesn't need to be done if using a stock 1.8 8V

Neil.

-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines


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