That Audi 2.8L V6 engine is what we have in our A6 w/ over 190K miles on it & nary a problem the whole time. I would put it in my vannie if the A6 didn't run so well. YMMV, Mr. BZ-the wife would be pissed however
On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: > IIRC when Jim Akiba was explaining why he settled on the Zetec for > their > conversions, he had eliminated a number of engines based on (among > other > things) availability, initial cost, cost of parts/service, > availability of > parts (if you got stuck in Idaho on a Saturday afternoon, for > instance) and > so on. > There are a lot of factors to consider in picking a conversion; I > could put > my hands on a GM drivetrain much more readily and inexpensively than > I could > an Audi drivetrain. > It might be just that he has some familiarity with that engine, > though he's > certainly not the first guy to consider a Buick 6- I've seen it come > up > several times. I believe Neil was discussing it before he went with > his I4 > (if that's the same Neil). > > I'm more interested in seeing if he pulls off the configuration than > I am in > which drivetrain he's using. > > Cya, > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of > Mark Dearing > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:42 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny > > In a message dated 6/23/2010 9:23:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > jleftbrane@gmail.com writes: > > think he addressed that in on his yahoo site... says its worse for > some reason > On 23-Jun-10, at 6:07 AM, Mark Dearing wrote: > >> anybody have any links to the audi 2.8L V6 in a vannie?? It would >> seem to >> be a much better engine than a chrysler. later mark d > > > > > well I personally don't give a damn what he thinks . I do know I > have seen > the audi 2.8L v6 with over 300K on them, never seen a chrysler make > it that > far since the old good slant 6 |
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