Hi Todd. Swap stuff has all been said before, but some points I'd reiterate should you decide to do a swap. - who will work on it? (work out possible swap "bugs", do regular maintenance etc.) - do you have interest and time to be involved with the swap? - do you plan on keeping the van a while? (years?) I also have an '88. If it were me, and I wasn't keeping the van that long, I'd just repair as needed. A swap might make sense for long term. OTOH, since I have some spare 2.1 parts, and am becoming more familiar with Vanagon Digifant etc., I'd consider a rebuild IF I was certain of the builders rep. In terms of a swap, I come from a pretty different POV; since I did all the work, and some of it is pretty custom, I am fairly "committed" to it. A good mechanic could find his way around on it but there are details (mods or custom parts I've done) he could miss. With a more straightforward swap, this would obviously be less of a potential issue. Neil. On 12/23/13, Todd Last <rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote: ..... > What does the voice of experience say? -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: |
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