Date:         Wed, 19 May 1999 23:14:00 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <desa4622@KETTERING.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sudhir Desai <desa4622@KETTERING.EDU>
Organization: Kettering University (formerly GMI E&MI) - Flint MI
Subject:      my van lives again!!!!!!
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well folks, to those who don't know, my 84 vanagon has been enduring a
lengthy and financially consuming engine swap.
hopefully it is all over now, my mom picked the van up from the shop this
morning.  it's got a new exhaust system in place of the other one which
had developed header cracking, but the new system is 100% quieter, and
since the exhaust is out from the engine bay, the skid plate looks
awesome, and it doesn't hang 5 " from the road anymore. its a good 7"
from the road now, but the wiring is all redone, and the van now purrs at
idle... oh yeah, bout the exhaust, it now comes out the drivers side just
in front of the rear tire :) it sounds better than my friends tricked
out vr6 jetta (the exhaust that is).
so i'm psyched and everyone else should be too.

the only thing that bugs me tho, is that my 16 year old sister got to
drive the van before i did....lol

anyways, to anyone who's thinking about doing an engine swap, it is
possible, you just have to work really hard to earn enough money to make
it happen :)


Sudhir H. Desai          1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
desa4622@kettering.edu   sudhir_desai@geocities.com
ICQ# 17014903 & 8255956  http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889