Date:         Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:31:14 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: six cylinder vanagons
Comments: To: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.32.19980716100330.00b9b9a0@po-2.openmarket.com>
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At 10:17 7/16/98 -0400, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>At 09:01 AM 7/16/98 -0400, John S. Cronin wrote:
>>I too lust after a 911 powered Vanagon-Westy.  I don't need a turbo or
>>anything, just six air-cooled cylinders and at least a five speed
>>transmission.
>
>"Practical" options for the water-cooled Vanagons are:
>1.) TDI diesel -- 110hp/170ft lbs, $8,000+ installed, great mileage, modern
>design, low-revving engine requires different gearing for transmission
>2.) Porsche Boxter 6 -- 150hp?, $12,000+ installed, poor gas mileage,
>impossible to find used, modern design, no need to change gearing
>3.) Oettinger 6 -- 150hp, $12,000+ installed, poor gas mileage, impossible
>to obtain, "ancient" design, no need to change gearing
>4.) Subaru 4 -- 120hp/150ft lbs, $6,000 (or less) installed, fair gas
>mileage, easy to find, relatively modern design, no need to change gearing,
>odd maintenance issues
>
>Michael J. Sullivan

You forgot VWs 174hp VR6 that can be had for about $3500 and installed
yourself for about $1000 in extra tid bits... then there is all those cheap
Audi 5 cyninders out there... and...

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