Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 13:40:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Anyone have experience with Vanaru turnkey/Bostig engine
              swaps?
Comments: To: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET>
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I have a friend who popped in a 2.5 subie turnkey kit from Vanaru/Ben
in his 91 syncro. It's a very complete and neat package. Support has
been excellent on the problems so far:
1. cracked small car stainless steel headers - replaced with improved
unit no cost. It is a very easy replacement in this engine.
2. a minor yet somewhat annoying stall when coming to stop, clutch in,
foot off gas. Happens only once in a while and it seems to be a subie
engine problem. Replacement throttle body sent from Ben (free) did not
cure. The other day a new ECU (flashed to remove "ghost codes") was
sent by Vanaru (free). We installed it yesterday so no word yet if it
has solved the problem.


Overall the van is very nice to drive with this engine. As others have
said, the Sube engine looks like it belongs there.

alistair


On 5-May-11, at 12:04 PM, Harry Hoffman wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> So, I'm preparing to do a engine conversion and am looking at both
> Vanaru
> and Bostig.
>
> The Vanaru turn-key is appealing from the point of everything
> appears ready
> to go and it's a simple swap. The price point of ~ 10k is a little
> daunting.
>
> The Bostig is appealing from the price point ~ $7k but there seems
> to be a
> lot of things that could potentially go wrong. It's also appealing
> from a
> support standpoint as I've not read a negative review.
>
> Anyone running a setup with either, that would care to comment on
> their
> experiences?
>
> I'm especially interested in whether or not the Vanaru turn-key is
> really as
> plug and play as it seems.
>
> Cheers,
> Harry