Finding someone on the road to work on your dead van in a competent and fair fashion can be a problem no matter what is powering it. One of the objectives in doing a conversion should be to reduce the likelihood of needing such help. I'd consider that the primary objective, though others may care more about something else. For people with a diesel Vanagon the VW gas inline 4 conversion is the clear winner in simplicity and cost. For people with waterboxers that isn't so true. Finding all the right pieces to do a reliable VW inline conversion is getting harder all the time. You may have to spend a lot of time and some money gathering the bits and pieces and figuring out all the gotchas. Same with doing pretty much any conversion, other than perhaps a Bostig. One of the biggest advantages of the Bostig Zetec conversion is that every little thing is already figured out and documented, with videos showing each step. Every other conversion will involve figuring some things out on your own as well as asking in various forums for ways to deal with all the obstacles. Mark
Don Hanson wrote: > I am no conversion expert but I do have lots of experience having things > break while out on the road somewhere, in many different vehicles. > Keeping "All VW" does have real advantages in my experience. A lot of the > parts are the same in my inline as in a regular WBX or a diesel. You can > go to almost any VW-savvy shop and get the thing fixed.............. > |
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