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Date:         Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:07:20 -0700
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From:         ddes@anet-dfw.com (David Schwarze)
Subject:      Re: 5- and 6-cylinder VW vans

At 11:49 AM 7/24/96, "William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648"
      <kennedy@AD wrote:
>
>Here are some AUDI and Ford engines you may use for the
>conversion kits:
>
>Ford V6  2.0 Liter   66 kW (90 PS)  145 km/h      DM  2,450.00


Woohoo!  I had this engine in a Ford Taunus when I lived in Germany, and I
have to say, it is a sweet motor.  Not terribly powerful, but smooth,
quiet, and reliable.  I believe it has a short stroke, because that puppy
would rev like there was no tomorrow.  Pushed the 4-door Taunus up to
175km/hr.  After 150km/hr I could no longer hear the engine, and I didn't
have a tach.  I just stood on it till it wouldn't go any faster.  Thought
it would blow up, but it never did. :-)
That motor pulled me and two friends on an 18,000km trip around Europe and
never let us down.  I've even got pictures of when I swapped the engine
into the Taunus.  It looks a lot like the 2.8, of course...


-David


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David Schwarze                   '73 VW Safare Custom Camper       (Da Boat)
Dallas, Texas, USA               '73 Capri GT 2800                (Da Beast)
e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com        '87 Mustang Lx 5.0          (13.986@100.81)
http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes    '93 Weber WG-50                  (Da Piano)
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