Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 17:40:03 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
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you either do it all yourself,
pay someone to do it for you,
or half and half ..buy vendors parts ..
hire someone to do the harness , etc.
and finish it up yourself.
And it's not fun, don't do it of course.
'somebody' has to do clever work to make a decent engine conversion.
or just drive a stocker waterboxer .
or drive a Ford or something like that.
certain years of Passat turbo ..usually the 1.8 T, are known for
slugging up the oil badly.
google it.
not an idiot proof car at all.
mostly VW's are decent............ if only people really took care of
them and they got good work done on them.
Then they'd really be good !
sounds like maybe time for an Appliance type car.
then you'll wax nostalgic when you see a vanagon go by.
On 5/12/2013 5:28 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> And you can add a turbo too! The folks at FAS have an elegant 2.0 package,
> but it's way too expensive for me. Where is the documentation, parts, etc.
> for a junkyard DIY ABA engine conversion? I don't want to fabricate
> everything myself and figure out the wiring, plumbing, mounts, exhaust, etc.
>
>
> And, I really don't want to mess with any more VW engines since my
> experience has not been good, and that includes the Eurovan version of the
> VR-6. I followed the complaints years ago with the Tiico conversion that was
> supposed to be the Vanagon's salvation and that probably did it for me. Even
> the 2.0 turbo in my son's 2009 Passat carboned up so bad it required an
> $1800 cleaning even with premium grade top tier gas. He probably doesn't
> drive it hard enough though, but I'm not impressed.
>
> Time for a whole new can o' worms for this old dog!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Arnott [mailto:jrasite@eoni.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:08 PM
> To: Stuart MacMillan; Alistair Bell
> Cc: Vanagon List
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] coolant overflow fears and thoughts
>
> On May 9, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>
>> Jeeze, I don't have a TIG welder! You need to embrace your fear of
>> the
>> unknown and go for the Subaru 2.5 in your Syncro. At least it looks
>> like a WBX, sort of, and won't vibrate as much as an in-line 4.
> You boys need to come to eastern Oregon and drive an ABA conversion.
> Vibration? Set a glass of water on the table in the back with the engine
> running? No ripples. A Tiico it ain't. Who knows, maybe I'll drive it to the
> wet side just to share.
>
> My new ABA conversion make me smile whenever I drive it. (1,000 miles in the
> past week. Makes me smile.)
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Alistair wrote:
>>
>> "Funny thing is, as good as the subie 2.5 is in a van (and I have
>> driven one), I'm not very excited about doing it. I don't know why,
>> but I lean more towards a 2.0 aba type inline 4 ."
> Good choice. As GM used to advertise: "Keep your GM car all GM." Keep your
> Volkswagen all Volkswagen.
>
> Jim
>
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