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Date:         Sat, 8 May 1999 22:57:15 EDT
Reply-To:     Vantaztik@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger&Zoe Ann Banker <Vantaztik@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 5 cylinder engine swap in progress
Comments: To: alien1@jps.net
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In a message dated 5/8/99 6:39:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, alien1@JPS.NET writes:

> I am still trying to decide what to do with my head fried Wasserleaker. My > sister is also looking to convert her T3 in the near future so she is waiting > to see what I do. My current thinking is to stay with a VW engine and use > the Eurospec, the Fastforward, or the 5-cyl. > > Has anyone done a conversion lately? I'd love any input I can get. Before > I left for my trip, I had a few people tell me their conversion was in > process. What is the status? We just took the big first step toward getting the 5 cylinder. It looked to me to be the best balance of reliability, power and economy. There is no ground clearance loss, and our Syncro skid plate is retained. We picked up a donor car cheap and drove it to Detlev's. I was surprised how inexpensively you can pick up a drivable Audi 5 cylinder. Ours is the 5000S 2.3 liter with 130 stock horsepower, no turbo. It won't shift into high gear, so we got it for $500. If you are enterprising, you can get some of the investment back by parting out the donor car. Detlev can also hop them up if you wish, but the stock torque is plenty for me. The turbo gives more horsepower, but isn't recommended for the Syncro. I drove Detlev's demo, a non-turbo 2.3 liter. I don't know which was more impressive; being able to accelerate past traffic going uphill on the freeway, or smoothly accelerating from 20 mph in 4th gear! Even 2nd gear starts require no clutch slipping. The low end torque will be great for our Syncro when we go trail crawling. And since the engine redlines at 6300, each gear will have double the useable range of the wasserleaker. The wife drove it and loved it not only for the smooth quiet power, but also because with the broad torque range, less shifting is required. The engine is being prepared, then we will drive the Syncro in for the swap in late June. Roger and Zoe Ann 1987 4X5 (4 wheel drive X 5 cylinder) Adventurewagen


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