Date:         Mon, 7 Oct 2013 17:49:25 -0600
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
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> VW's own waterboxer overhaul program in Canada
> ended miserably with an overall failure rate of close to 50%.

I put a Canadian rebuilt 2.0 air-cooled in my '81 at just
over 100K miles.  It was a better engine than the original
from Germany.  That is, it seemed stronger and more powerful.
Well, it was still a 2.0 in a Vanagon.  ;-)

Richard

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