Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 09:33:21 -0800
Reply-To: Davidson <wdavidson@JPS.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Davidson <wdavidson@JPS.NET>
Subject: Re: finding a new engine?
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What's the cheapest simplest way for me to get my
vanagon to cruise at 70mph? (or at least stay above 55 on hilly
interstates?)
Rocket Fuel!!!
Bill
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> From: mac stricklen <mac_stricklen@YAHOO.COM>
> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: finding a new engine?
> Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 9:19 AM
>
> My wife and I did all of our Thanksgiving traveling in our Saturn
> Wagon and even though it's a fine car we were lamenting the fact that
> we weren't in our Westy. Part of the reason that we weren't is
> because it needs a new oil cooler, which I'll be doing soon. But we
> also tend to take the Saturn for these types of trips just because its
> faster.
>
> I know that there is a lot of talk among type 2 enthusiasts of all
> kinds about the "attitude" that has to accompany owning/driving one of
> these things and not being in a hurry. But sometimes when schedules
> are tight speed helps out.
>
> So, I was thinking about how to make the Westy go a little faster, and
> naturally my thoughts turned to engine conversions. I've seen a lot
> of talk about various conversions on the list, but before buying the
> vanagon I gave little thought to the automotive world and my ignornce
> still shows through.
>
> How do I go about an engine conversion? Do I just get an engine and
> then order that adapter kit from Kennedy Engineering or Hetlef
> Hanschke (sp?) and go to it or will I need other stuff? Where do I
> find an engine? How much is it all this likely to cost.
>
> I've heard that there are Porche engines that I could switch to that
> would allow me to stay air cooled--which ones are these? Do I just
> walk into a Porsche dealer and ask them to order one? If I want a
> used one is there some sytematic way of trying to track one down or am
> I just looking at spending months of my life wandering through salvage
> yards?
>
> If I want to go to a Subaru engine or an Audi 5 cylinder or some other
> water cooled is it possible to do this--how hard/expensive would it be
> to add a radiator to my 1980 Vanagon?
>
> I guess what I'm looking for is the total low down on engine
> conversions for the ignorant. Or perhaps the question I am truly
> asking is this: What's the cheapest simplest way for me to get my
> vanagon to cruise at 70mph? (or at least stay above 55 on hilly
> interstates?)
>
> thanks,
> mac
> ==
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