Date:         Sat, 2 May 1998 23:16:47 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      It's alive - the Golf engine in my Double Cab!
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Well, it seems like it took forever and a day but I got the Double Cab
running with the VW Rabbit / Audi Fox engine in it!

I am really impressed at how it all turned out.  There was a lot of
inventing for the motor mounts but other than that it was simple.  Don't
expect to do it in a weekend though!

There is a little vibration in the cab but it could be due to the fact that
I haven't timed the engine yet and the VW Diesel Rabbit transmission mounts
that I used for the engine mounts arn't broken in yet.

Tomorrow I will take it for a test drive and I will report of how it all
went.  I hope I can sleep tonight!

For those who are intested there is a detailed write up on the swap at:
http://www.volkswagen.org/vanagon/syncroswap.htm


-- David Marshall, Quesnel BC,  david@volkswagen.org --
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-- 85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 1.6L VW Syncro Double Cab   --
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