Date:         Sat, 12 Dec 1998 09:04:31 EST
Reply-To:     KENWILFY@AOL.COM
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From:         KENWILFY@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Engine Conversion Options
Comments: To: townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE, vanagon@vanagon.com
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I can get new 2.3l 5 cylinder longblocks for a good price if people wanted
them for thier conversion.  However, in spite of the hp and torque numbers
making the 2.3l look like the best motor for this swap, I have been told by
folks who have done several of these swaps that the 2.1l 5-cylinder is
actually better.  These motors are very cheap, available, and I can check into
getting them new as well.  I guess that the difference in the numbers and why
the 2.3l looks better on paper and why it is not in real life is the
difference between theory and practice.  The difference between book
horsepower and brake horsepower.
Of course a turbo powered motor eclipses both of these in hp and torque.  I
will pass on how this conversion is going to the list when it comes back up or
to the 5-cylinder mailing list as it occurs.
Ken Wilford
Van-Again
John 3:16