On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Don Hanson<dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > A friend of mine had a Westie with a Mazda gas motor for about 8 Baja > trips. He pulled along a nice little Baja Bug behind and spent the months > of Northwest winter along with most of the rest of the Population of Hood > River, Oregon windsurfing on what is called the East Cape of Baja. > It seemed to work fine for him, his wife and their two young sons..It may > have even been a rotary I don't know for sure. > > Don Hanson
Cool Yah I quickly scanned a couple of posts in the archives regarding the rotary engine in a Vanagon. Not so good. (at least for the older incarnations of that engine) Initially was curious about the gas engines used in the b2200 and b2300 pick-em-ups. Figured since they were used in vehicles that haul loads, they might be useful in a Vanagon. (or more specifically a Westy) But.... I bet those old Mazda trucks were not as heavy as a Vanagon so.... maybe not such a good swap. 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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