Date:         Wed, 27 Sep 95 16:09:44 EDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648" <kennedy@admin.njit.edu>
Subject:      Re: Self-Introduction

Sami Dakhlia inquires about my Porsche engine collection.  The 71 is still
for sale, for $1500.  The 77 has one cylinder with either bad rings or bad
valve seals.  I'm going to fix it, as I believe it may be a better engine
than the one in the Targa.  The 79 is the first I've had to pay true value
for: the 71 was half in a basket, and the 77's nobody seems to want.  The
79 is what all the 2.7 liter (74-77) people want to move up to, and I have
to admit that 3.0 liters pulls stronger than 2.7 did, even before 2.7 
started running on 5 1/2 cylinders.

Mug a Porsche; your Vanagon WANTS that engine.  Even the "little" 2.2 liter
six is so much happier between 3000 and 5000 rpm than the four cylinder
that it just transforms the van.

B.
Wm Kennedy
kennedy@admin.njit.edu