Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:08:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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So, just as in Germany, the 6-cylinder Wbx never got into production? What a
shame, we only got two 6-cyl wbxs to play with, one rice-burner(Subaru), and
one gold-plated(Boxter). Why don't we just put in the water/air cooled 2,8
liter boxer from the 959 instead? Then we got air-cooled sound, with water
for our heater :-))

PerL (temporarily insane)


Jimmy Sanby wrote:

> Just phoned VW SA and there comment is that this 3.2 6 Cyl never came of
> the VW production line. It could have been a Oettinger conversion......
> I will try and follow up.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jimmy
>
> >>> Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO> 10/12 8:37 PM >>>
> If you please would follow this link:
> http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~Martin.Schulte/vw_bus/t3_tech/tech_f.htm
> click on "die Motoren" on the left, and you will see a chart of all the
> engines offered in the t-3, on the bottom, he has listed some SA
> engines,
> and at the bottom, there it is. If you can explain this, it would really
> be
> great.
> Click on "die Getriebe", and you'll get a chart of all gearboxes, albeit
> without the final drive ratio!
>
> TIA
> PerL
> 88 Syncro
>
> Jimmy Sanby wrote:
>
> > Hi from SA
> >
> > There are no standard "3,2 litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer" here that I
> am
> > aware of.
> >
> > The different models were: 2.1i then 2.5 (5Cyl)
> > The current models available are 2.6 (5Cyl) and 2.3 (5Cyl) and 1.8
> > (Golf)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jimmy Sanby
> > '89 Syncro 15"
> > Cape Town
> > South Africa
> >
> > >>> Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO> 10/11 12:08 PM >>>
> > Hi, volks
> > After browsing through several german pages, I got a notion that VW of
> > SA were equipping the bus with a 3,2 litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer
> > around 1990, which was later replaced by the Audi 5-cyls. Anybody
> heard
> > of these engines before? Maybe they are the 6-cyl Oettinger engine
> that
> > VW never put in the Vanagon/Caravelle? One person told earlier this
> week
> > that he was going to SA later, and wondered if there were things worth
> > checking out, well this is it.
> > Some info on this would really be great
> >
> > TIA
> > PerL