I think that I covered most of this in my original post. Yes, this is the kit being offered by Ken Wilfey. The one I drove was in an 84 passenger model, so of course it is 2 wheel drive. The engine lid is NOT raised, but it is modified somewhat for clearance in a couple spots. The vanagon was available for test drives, near San Francisco, Calif. but it was for sale so who knows. When it is sold they plan to have a Westy with automatic as a demo unit. Mark Drillock Steve Arbaugh wrote: > Geeez, where to start... > > Yes, I have put my name on the list of those very interested in this > conversion. I've already started saving my allowance for same. My wasserboxer > is still very new and holding water, but with driving over the mountain passes > frequently and charging across the great wide open, the poor little motor just > doesn't make me feel too comfortable. Putting a 5cyl turbo in my vanagon just > makes me smile. > > Mark(?) put a post up about driving a vanagon with a 5cyl, but he failed to > mention a couple things I was really wanting to hear: where it was, who did the > conversion, did it use the conversion being sold by Ken Wilfey (who sold me an > ultra-cool grill: thanks!), and was it indeed a 2wheeldrive with an unaltered > deck lid? These questions need to be answered before I get too excited. Is the > van available for test drives by others? There are many other questions, but > they can wait until later. > > So, yes I'm interested, and have a couple motors ready for rebuilding (turbo > even!), but until more information comes forward, I'll keep the water in the > boxer... > > steve > '85 westy > kent, wa > > ------------------ > >I have a 87 Syncro that I am having a 5 cylinder installed in. I test > >drove > >a vanagon with the Audi 5 cylinder a few days ago and it was fantastic. > > |
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