Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 16:57:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Anyone have experience with Vanaru turnkey/Bostig engine
              swaps?
Comments: To: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>
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On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>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.


Could you expand on this?  Just curious what you are concerned about.

I'm in the middle of a Bostig conversion, extremely happy with the support,
and doing fine with the process, even though I started out pretty ignorant.
 I already know at least ten times as much about this engine as I ever have
about any other.  For someone in my situation, I consider part of the price
to be "tuition", because I'm getting an education as I go.  I really want to
know as much as possible about this so that I can drive it with as much
confidence as possible.  I don't know how it compares to doing the other one
you're looking at, but I am getting a strong overall boost in confidence
about whatever diagnostic/maintenance I might have to do in the future as
part of the package.

mike


> 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
>