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Date:         Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:59:00 EST
Reply-To:     KENWILFY@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         KENWILFY@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?
Comments: To: waxi@mailandnews.com
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In a message dated 12/1/99 10:14:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
waxi@MAILANDNEWS.COM writes:


<<
                                           Air-cooled    Vs.    Water-cooled
 - Engines                             cheaper                not as cheap as
 air-cooled
 - Radiators                          free                       not as cheap
as air-cooled
 - All those radiator hoses     free                        not as cheap as
air-cooled
 - $ spent on fluids like
   coolant (not oil)                 cheaper                not as cheap as
air-cooled
 - $ spent on gas                  equal                    equal (lucky for
you guys)
 - $ spent on oil                    expensive            cheaper
                                     (Hey oil is cheap)
 - All the parts that are
   common to all vanagons     equal                    equal (again lucky for
you guys)
  >>
My additions:
Horsepower and Torque:      Less Power               More Power
Environmental:                    More Emmissions     Less Emmissions
Time between rebuilds:        100-120k miles         170-200k miles
Probability of dropping
a valve on overheating:         High                         Very Low
Heat in the winter:               Poor                         Very Good
A/C in summer:                   None- Poor                Good


Just pointing out a few other things.  Not slamming folks who drive Aircooled
VWs (I am getting my '74 Bus ready for the road), just pointing out why I
like watercooled vans more.  I love heat and A/C.  Wind in my face gets
annoying at 65 or 70 mph :)
Different strokes for different folks.  Maybe I'll become more enlightened
after I drive my groovy Bus for a while :)


Thanks,
Ken Wilford
http://www.vanagain.com
John 3:16
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Shop (856)-327-0027
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