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. I don't think that would be the case with a Subie transplant nor a Bostig....Most shops would look and not take on that type of job because there are way too many variables for them. If you went with a commercial conversion, you can usually get back to the outfit who did the work and ask them questions when stuff goes wrong....but what if you are in Mexico or something? If you have done every single thing yourself and know the installation inside out, there may be little advantage to keeping with VW only... As for needing more power from a 1.6 n.a. diesel vanagon...Yes, a aaz or a tdi are more powerful, but they are really expensive, especially for the amount of power you gain. That is why people dump the 1.6 and bolt in a 1.8 gasser....cheap and 100-odd hp without much worry... I looked carefully at finding a good diesel for my van but it was way beyond my mean$....those things are expensive and not perfect...What good is power if you have to keep one eye on the exhaust gas temp and back off the throttle when it goes too high? Just rambling here... On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > It appears to be the lowest cost approach and would have about the same > benefits as a Sube, and would be gravel driveway doable. It's not > important for me to "keep it all VW," but if that setup works then why not? > > Stephen > > --- On *Wed, 9/19/12, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>* wrote: > > > From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 8:58 AM > > My conversion was done with a similar 'attitude' to Neil's. I didn't > care to or have the money or time to l > > |
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