Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:57:27 -0700
Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
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Moderator Comment
While this is all interesting stuff, we ask again that you CHANGE the
subjectline once you have drifted off to another topic. This way,
archive searches will be much more useful. Plus you will make a lot of
digest users happier.
For example, I do not see anything in the posting below that relates
to driving impressions of a GW engine.
Thanks,
BenT
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On Oct 14, 2009, at 5:12 AM, W Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> "...they camp rain or shine so they can get their money's worth out of
> it...."
>
>
> While I posted the moneys worth comment I will make sure that for
> the record
> we
> love our Westfalia. Our current 87 isn't our first. We have had a
> baywindow
> Westy
> a couple other earlier Vanagon Westys and a Passeger Vanagon. The
> pass van
> we owned was a one owner low mile 91 that I put a tiico into. I had
> projecttwzo fog lights
> E-codes,ect...all the nice upgrades. The only reason we sold it was
> to get a
> Westy again.
> I was going to cut it for a poptop but the van was to nice to do
> that to. In
> hindsight I wish
> I had. When we went shopping for our current van as it always seems
> to be
> there was not
> many decent van available in driving distance. We ended up towing a
> trailer
> 14 hours one way to pick up our 87 that was a Arizona van with no rust
> anywhere. It has needed some
> tlc (also known as money!!). In preperation for a cross country trip
> we took
> last summer
> I installed a rebuilt 2.1 from Boston Engine,all new
> hoses,exhaust,rebuilt
> afm,"rebuilt"injectors,new distributer ect...for a trouble free
> trip. We had
> a couple small
> issues but nothing that stopped our trip. I did constantly worry about
> breaking down
> and not being able to find a part in the middle of nowhere. I also
> missed to
> power we had
> in the 91. I had the tiico engine upgraded and modded for more
> power. We are
> planning to
> take another long trip next summer and this time we want to tow a
> small
> trailer. I have a brand new Zetec motor sitting in the garage and
> plan to
> sell the rebuilt 2.1. I know that I will take a loss on the rebuild
> and all
> its new accesories (over 6,000 was spent),but will enjoy the piece
> of mind
> that the Zetec will provide. My biggest fear is having a hose burst
> with the
> miles of hoses that a stock motor has. The Zetec is like looking at
> an old
> Ford with just
> a couple readily avialable hoses. Plus the other parts can be had
> just about
> anywhere. In fact I took a list of Zetec maintance parts and some of
> the
> other parts that could fail with me on my last trip this past
> summer. I
> stopped in several of the autoparts places mostly chain stores like
> NAPA and
> Autozone. Everything on my list was either in stock or could be had
> later in the day/next morning. Plus the ability to plug a laptop
> in,read a
> trouble code, and know what you need to replace makes trouble
> shooting very
> easy!! I am not trying to turn this into a debate on conversions as
> they
> all have their pros and cons. I personally find the zetec to fit me
> the
> best. Plus with Jim and Brady only an hour or so away I have been
> able to
> spend some time checking the conversion out. Driving it in various
> platforms
> with different mods done has been a lot of fun. So I am going to
> spend the
> money and make my van reliable,comfortable, and a pleasure to drive.
> If it
> rains while were traveling..out will come the awning and rain gear!!!
>
> B
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