Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:51:16 -0700
Reply-To: "Peter B." <tiitrad@DIRECTCON.NET>
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From: "Peter B." <tiitrad@DIRECTCON.NET>
Organization: Tii Trading Co.
Subject: Re: Back on the air, Eurospec #1
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The kit that I have installed from VW S. Africa has A/C and P/S hooked up. I
will be distributing this kit in the USA and it will come with a new 2.0 liter
motronic engine from VW. The engine will have a 12 month warranty. I have the
kit installed and I am now on the final stages with wiring, accelerator cable
and some other small stuff. This kit does come with instructions and diagrams
and photos. You do not have to modify the deck lid and you can still access the
dipstick and water tank through the license plate.
Coby Smolens wrote:
> Just to let you all know - KPFA is back on the air and although there is
> much to be done legally to insure that our community radio becomes/stays OUR
> community radio, the real fight has moved off the streets and into the
> courts and meeting halls. "What does this have to do with Vanagons?", you
> might be asking yourself? Well for one thing it means I can start to catch
> up (HAH!) on Vanagon list mail which has been piling up (perfect timing for
> Gerry's transplant - very well done, you server servers!).
>
> I'll start with one of my own, though -
>
> We have in the crate our first Eurospec conversion kit, which we are going
> to begin installing in a customer's van this coming week. The Van is a '90
> Carat, loaded. We got the full option kit, which we understand will be the
> LAST OF IT'S KIND. Henceforth the kit will provide for a straightforward
> engine swap using the shorter 2.0L (I'm not sure exactly which engine, but
> the one I'm getting is the tallblock version which is reputed to deliver a
> bit more BHP) and the gear to mount it, but at this writing my understanding
> is that the only option available for it will be power steering. I expect
> that if the program goes on demand will be high enough to justify offering
> at least AC.
>
> And I hope the program survives. Prior to making the decision to recommend
> this kit to our customer I went to inspect an installation in progress (at
> Tassi's in Daly City), and Bruce Tassi took me for a test drive in a van
> they had just finished. I was pleased with the cleanliness of the
> installation, the completeness of the kit (although there are no
> instructions with it - buyer beware!) and the performance. The van I drove
> was an '84 Wflia, which would have walked away from a 2.1 in a quarter mile,
> although off-the-line torque was not what I had thought it might be. Once in
> the power band, though, the thing felt like it would just keep accelerating.
> Bruce claims that they feel real comfortable at around 85 mph, and still
> have plenty of room to move.
>
> We will be documenting the installation procedure with digital stills and
> perhaps some sound/video (if I can convince my sister to let me borrow her
> equipment). It will probably take me awhile to get the stuff posted to the
> website, but it will be done.
>
> Another thought - I am interested in talking to people who are more
> web-capable than I who might want to help get the site better organized and
> shepherd it into the next stage of its evolution (for reasonable
> remuneration, of course), so we can at last be fulfilling our promise to
> offer a tech-info page, new and used parts sales, Van & Westfalia Finder and
> all like that... I can figure the stuff out, but it takes time that I can
> scarcely find to do the rest of the work I need to do...
>
> Coby Smolens, Owner
> Valley Wagonworks
> "Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959"
> 1535 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
> San Anselmo, CA 94960
> Phone: (415) 457-5628
> Fax: (415) 457-0967
> http//:wagonworks.com
> mailto:contact@wagonworks.com
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