Date:         Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:57:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM>
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From:         Brent Christensen <bpchristensen1@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Idaho Vanaru?
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Not to start a contentious thread, but I have to throw my opinion into the
ring...  (That's part of what the list is for, right?)

With all due respect to the list members that have done the Subaru
conversion, I can't imagine the Subaru transplant to be the *best*
alternative.  The way I see it, it is hard enough finding a shop that knows
how to properly care for a Vanagon - why complicate things by installing an
engine & fuel management system that your Vanagon shop is almost guaranteed
to know little about.  Intuitively, the 5 cyl Audi or GTi conversions seem
to make a lot more sense (or even a TDI).

I have no authority to make this statement, other than intuition and
opinion, but in a couple years when Klaus is ready for his third engine, I
am pretty confident it will be a 5-cyl Audi (or VR-6!)  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Ron Bloomquist
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 7:17 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Idaho Vanaru?


Hi all,

Is there anyone on this list, living in Idaho, who has done the
Vanagon/Subaru
conversion?  I have a friend in Idaho on the verge of doing one who would
like to see an example.

P-mail me.

Thanks,
Ron Bloomquist
ROADCOW
VANARU