Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:36:49 -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: Was: Go Westie engine....Then !.8 turbo swap
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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              (Don Hanson's message of "Fri\, 28 Aug 2009 18\:11\:00 -0700")
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Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> I asked my junkyard guy, German Auto Salvage in Boring, Oregon (yes, that IS
> the name of the town) if he had any 1.8 turbo motors last time I was there.
> He said he had plenty..all blown up.  No good ones.  He was quite critical
> of that motor..said he gets em in by the dozens..all with catastrophic
> failure.  I am not saying I know for sure that  these are undependable
> motors, but when someone is in the salvage business and he tells me to
> 'forget it'...I'll listen.

I wonder how many of them had a "chipped" ECU or other mods.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL