Date:         Thu, 24 May 2012 22:45:51 -0400
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Turnkey Proposal Rocky Mountain Westy
Comments: To: Jon Durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET>
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Seems pricey.  What do you get for a "rebuilt" 2.2?  Definitions vary by shop. 

Autobahn Society in , GA does turnkey conversions with ABA block (2.0) VW motors  for about half of that amount. Even if you don't get a rebuilt VW ABA motor, they are cheap enough to replace when tired. 

Chris.

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Dnia May 24, 2012 o godz. 18:24 Jon Durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET> napisał(a):

> I've gotten a turnkey proposal from  Rocky Mountain Westy to install a
> 2.2L Subaru in my 85 Vanagon. Here is the proposal:
> 
> I really like the 2.2L and I think in a 2wd van with a stick and
> stockish size tires, I think it is plenty of power. We can do that
> conversion for $12,000 with the rebuilt motor.
> 
> This seems to be high from what info I have seen. For example, the file
> PRICES.XLS on the Yahoo subaruvanagon site shows the costs for a 2.3L, a
> 2.4L, and 2.5L to be $7,110, $8,210, and $9,610 respectively.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> --
> "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the
> way its animals are treated" --Gandhi