Date:         Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:56:18 -0700
Reply-To:     William Lund <wlund@CCIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         William Lund <wlund@CCIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: subaru conversion info needed
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 03:25 AM 7/19/98 EDT, you wrote:
>send all replies to him...NOT ME
>
>My name is Sam and I have been looking for a solution to the bad engine
>woes of my Vanagon and came across a reply in the Vanagon archives that you
>may have wrote regarding doing an engine swap using a Subaru unit. I was
>wondering (if I indeed have the right person) if you could tell me if you
>know of anybody who has done it, or of any shops that perform the swap?
>Thank you, Sam
Sam,

I drove Kennedy's Engineering Subaru Vanagon last year.  It was fun to
drive with plenty of guts(even for an automatic).  As to shops that are
doing the conversion, I haven't found one yet.  The biggest problem I see
is getting a "good" Subaru unit from a junkyard.  My experience with most
wrecking yard has not been good.  You can go to one of those Japanese
engine import places and get a good used Subaru engine, but it will lack
all of the extra goodies(computer, wiring, etc.) that you need to do a
successful engine swap.
Bill Lund
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