I did my own 6-cyl. conversion (to 2.7 liter nominally 165hp) and will rave on about with scant prompting as others know. I have never ridden in one of the factory Vanagon conversions, but I got to see one closely as it came through NJ. First tip-off was "I wonder why this staid-looking refrigerator-white Vanagon has fat Pirelli P-6s on its aluminum wheels?" That van gave no clue that it had not come off an assembly-line; there wasn't a wire or a hose that looked like an afterthought. Interior was done up in executive limo style: grey cloth, Blaupunkt controls on a stalk for the rear seat passengers, full 911S instruments. Top speed was said to be 130mph. Anyway the Vanagon six conversion is not all that hard, and the result is not one of those V8-in-the-pickup-bed abortions with no earthly use, but a very logical next step in the same design direction your van was already headed. Try it; you'll like it. B.
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