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Date:         Fri, 31 Oct 1997 00:51:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Last <Rubatoguy@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Todd Last <Rubatoguy@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Engine Swaps
In-Reply-To:  <C2256541.001F1449.00@salng01m.nmp.nokia.com>
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All this talk of engine swaps reminds me of a conversation I had many, many
years ago with a friend who had a VW bus - probably 'circa mid sixties.


This was when a popular swap was to put a corvair engine in place of the VW
motor. His story went as follows:


"So the mechanic talked me into putting a Corvair engine in the bus,
something like 3 times the horsepower of the stock VW motor. Still couldn't
go any faster, but I could get up to speed really fast! What I didn't
realize was that even though the bus now had lots more power - I was still
handicapped by the 4-speed transmission and the stock ratios."


Something to consider.
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