Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:10:31 -0700
Reply-To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: request for information, please
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Hi Bob...
If you aren't comfortable with the techs you find in central Florida, please let me know.
I really like the one I have here in St. Augustine. He r&r'd my 2.1 wasserboxer and the transmission
for me. He got me the rebuilt engine, and Daryl at AA Transaxle rebuilt the tranny.
If you want to convert to something other than the original, then I would open a bottle
of wine and spend some time wading through the vanagon list archives to find what works best
for you.
Cheers, Anthony
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
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From: "Fuhrel, Robert" <robert.fuhrel@CSN.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 2:13 PM
Subject: request for information, please
Greetings, I just got the bad news (maybe good news in the long run) that the engine in my air-cooled '83 Westy is old and worn out, one cylinder shot, and so on, and the mechanic, new to me, who seems honest and has a great reputation in my new town of Lakeland, Florida, recommends getting a different engine. He said I could drive this around town but that it might do more damage and would be running on only 75% power.
I've had the Vanagon for eighteen years, all in Las Vegas, where a superb, fast, inexpensive and honest mechanic named Robert Madrid kept it going all that time. It is in overall excellent shape.
So, I am asking list members if anyone knows someone in the Tampa-Lakeland (Orlando only if necessary, please) area who can put a different engine in, and what should I get if I can? I almost certainly can't afford a Porsche engine though I've heard that is possible, but it must entail all kinds of other modifications, probably transmission and so on. I also know vaguely that Subaru swaps can be done but know nothing about which Subaru engines would work. Perhaps another VW engine would be fine, but I'd like a little more power than what I've had all these years, something that would allow me to go faster than 35mph on hills (though Florida has few, from LV to anywhere I went up and down many hills no faster than that.) Any information will be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
Best,
Bob
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