Date:         Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:27:26 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
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I had read a few posts on thesamba regarding this engine swap. I have
to wonder if he isn't bailing on his project and selling a "package"
so to speak. (I mean, where are the pics of engine installed??)
Regardless, I was skeptical about engine height but maybe this (pic)

http://www.allpar.com/photos/mopar/35.jpg

from here

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/V6/35.html

shows that the engine itself might be "short" enough to fit?

Neil.





On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is almost always good to see that someone else is exploring other
> engine options. But adding a transmission change as well will be a
> significant departure especially since this guy is using an automatic.
> It will be interesting to see how he fairs with the BAR in California.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> BenT
>
>
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think he's using the driveline from the big LHS cars, which places
>> the engine longitudinally instead of transversely, as in the
>> minivans.  Astride instead of sidesaddle, as writer Gordon Jennings
>> once observed. No 4-cylinder was available in that configuration, as
>> I recall.  Why he chose it is probably explained adequately in his
>> posts, but I'd have thought the transverse (minivan engine) setup
>> would require less space and be more Vanagon-friendly and provide a
>> greater variety of engines, from fours to several displacements of
>> V6.  This may just have been simpler.
>>
>> Stephen
>



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