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  • Buzzy inline 4 from Tiico
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:37:07 -0700
    ...displacement? I bet if you stuck a 3 liter 968 Porsche inline 4 in there, you would probably perceive it to be just "loafing...
  • Re: Inline 4 - new transmission
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Wed, 30 May 2007 14:56:46 -0600
    ...Hope this helps some.Bob Stevens '87 Westy Syncro "Passion Fruit"> anyone out there running an inline 4 with a regeared 4th?> I've...
  • Re: Buying a Van
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:17 -0700
    ...so I don't have experience with their Smog >> Police on >> the inline-powered vans. I have seen plenty inline gassers running and >> licensed...
  • Re: Fwd: HIJACKED!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Benoit
    Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:48:37 -0500
    ...class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Subject: </div> Fwd: HIJACKED!!!!</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">From: </div> <a class="moz...
  • Re: Inline VW Vanagon: 60k miles now
    Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
    Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:09:43 -0600
    I have a VW inline 4 also, a bit later engine at 2011, and love having a Volkswagen in my Volkswagen. My Westy does...
  • Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Mon, 7 Jun 2010 01:17:49 -0700
    ...Don, There is nothing wrong with writing about modifications to an inline-4 for use in a Vanagon. Although you might find more receptive...
  • Re: Ok, I take it back, the inline four vw motor sucks!
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:43:31 -0700
    ...Ok, I take it back, the inline four vw motor sucks! And it's expensive, hard to install, buzzes like crazy, gets crappy mileage...
  • Re: [vanagon] Vanagon re-power cheap & reliable
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:51:20 -0400
    Hi Mike, I have been thinking about a watercooled inline 4 for my baywindow for a while now. I have seen one at campouts...
  • Re: Searched in vain.... Need a DV parts website link
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:40:11 -0700
    ...81 JettaWesty "Jaco >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil >> http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • The real story about the invention of the WBX?
    Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
    Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:46:00 +0100
    ...good stable conversion - instead of just using one of our great inline.-4 engines" So my basic question to this list - does anyone know...
  • Re: Oil Pan needed
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
    Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:07:17 -0400
    or an Inline 4 conversion or subie be nice if they knew what they had huh? later mark d In a message dated 9...
  • Re: Inline Heaters
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Diehl
    Thu, 12 Jan 1995 23:25:31 -0500 (EST)
    Has anyone ever perfected a method of drawing heat off an external oil cooler? Using some kind of blower, maybe some that have been...
  • Re: Vanagons Forever!
    Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
    Sat, 14 Mar 1998 13:34:43 -0500
    ...vw.com.mx/withoutframes/pointer.html the ad says 4 longitudinal - inline maybe? and 10:1 compression? 1781cc = 1.8 liter. sounds like a...
  • ATTENTION ALL//STICKER PROCEDES-----> INTO FUND RAISER FOR GERRY UPGRADE?
    Historical mailing list - * MtnGal
    Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:03:58 -0800
    ...STICKER PROCEDES-----> INTO FUND RAISER FOR GERRY UPGRADE??? Inline with "general sticker topic" but..... May I open the forum to think about a wonderful...
  • new to list, 90 westfalia soon to be Tii.
    Historical mailing list - Jeannean M Mawby-Vreeland
    Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:53:38 -0800
    Would like info on what should be replaced when installing a Tii inline 4 engine. Talked to Ken at Van Again and he said...
  • Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:18:47 EST
    ...yes theyre watercooled inline 4cyl. chris
  • Re: Compression Test
    Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
    Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:32:23 -0500
    ...In a boxer engine, the oil will not seal the rings as well as it does in an inline engine, so this test may...
  • Re: Conversion Choices
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:41:21 -0700
    ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • WTB: reasonably-priced Inline four to Vanagon conversion parts or a blown up/wrecked parts diesel vanagon.
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 22 May 2009 16:57:58 -0700
    ...thinking I might actually make some money if I do another inline four VW motor transplant into this van I have available..If I...
  • Re: Audi motors vs. VW (reformatted) vs Modified Wasserboxer
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:23:06 PST
    ...AUDI AUDI VW VW Displacement 2.2 liter 2.3 liter 2.1 liter 2.1 liter Configuration Inline 5 Inline 4 Waterboxer Waterboxer...
  • Re: engine swaps... VR6
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:05:36 EST
    ...Keep in mind that they will fit where most VW inline 4's can fit. That is why they were designed to be so...
  • Re: Inline Fuel Temp?
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:36:09 -0700
    ...Inline Fuel Temp? >> >> Has anyone ever seen of or heard of such a thing as an inline fuel temp >> themometer that would connect to...
  • Re: Camshaft rap...as pertains to the inline 4/van transplant motor
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:47:30 -0700
    ...Camshaft rap...as pertains to the inline 4/van transplant motor > Some asked. > The camshaft I stuck into my 92 Cabriolet motor, after a...
  • Re: [OT] Anyone put a VW inline 4 in a Porsche 914?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sun, 21 Jul 2002 10:08:27 EDT
    Bill, I have seen a turbocharged inline-4 in a 914 back in the early 80's. However, it was a 2 liter Ford...
  • Re: Whats a Tiico Conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:26:46 -0600
    ...It consist of a kit to install a inline 4 cylinder VW or other like Audi engine in your van. Other conversions to Subaru...
  • Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:50:09 EDT
    ...BenT 1989 Syncro 16 Doka 1.6td (stock) 1988 Wolfsburg Edition 2.1 WBX (stock) 1987 GL 1.8 Digifant inline-4 (cheap conversion...
  • 4spd trans for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 2 May 2001 13:07:49 EDT
    ...Also good if you are putting the inline 4cyl into your van, it has better gearing than the stock diesel or wbx tranny. chris...
  • Re: What is a Tiico
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 2 Jun 2001 14:06:43 EDT
    ...fill me in on what exactly it > is???? > > > > a company that offers the 4 cyl vw inline conversion for the vanagon. chris [text/html]
  • Re: Buzzy inline 4 from Tiico
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:18:18 -0700
    Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote: It must be a Tiico thing, the buzzy 4 syndrome. Shhh... don't say that.. you'll awaken...
  • Re: Friday engine conversions
    Historical mailing list - pdooley
    Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:08:07 -0400
    ...I don't understand your 180 degree split inline terminology. Are you referring to the Ferrari motor? That would just be a 180 degree...
  • Re: any guesses on oil light woes
    Historical mailing list - wb6otg
    Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:18:25 -0500
    My understanding is that the oil warning system was introduced in response to the valve seal problems on the early inline 4 engines (early...
  • Email Fact on Engine Rebuild?
    Historical mailing list - jesse and monica
    Sat, 9 Aug 2003 15:36:21 -0400
    ...I have build inline four's before...but this will be my first flat four. I know the bentley always shows the factory tools...
  • Re: 1984 diesel kubvan on Chattanooga Craigslist
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:51:55 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:17 -0700
    On May 15, 2013, at 9:48 PM, Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > So, is there a consensus on what the best TDI...
  • Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 9 Jun 2010 20:15:24 -0400
    ...the 'high side' is very high, or too >high for an inline filter , so consider that for sure. IIRC it's about 1700 psi...
  • Re: Riviera vs Westy
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:20:40 -0800
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not?
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Sat, 23 Mar 2002 06:32:34 -0800
    ...The VW inline 4 1.8 has 109 cu.in. and gets at least 109 hp in stock trim. -Dana-
  • Fuel pump
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:42:52 -0700
    Vanites, Today I put an inline clear plastic filter ahead of the fuel pump. No rust or dirt came out when I pulled the...
  • '85 Vanagon w/Sun Roof. $1300 East Vancouver
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:28:06 -0800
    ...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
  • Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:57:49 -0700
    hi Don, post on the inline four group.. I'll watch for your posts and pics there. I always find so many things to...
  • Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 15 May 2013 21:54:21 -0700
    ...Oh well...sounds like a candidate for a gas inline transplant there...grin. Don Hanson
  • Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:02:56 +0000
    ...Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:51:28 -0700 > >I understand it's the Diesel transaxle that makes it possible to use an >inline four...
  • Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 4 Mar 2003 22:59:23 -0800
    ...the answers I've grown to not favor: A. inline fours tiico included B. inline fives (isn't this what the VW 2.6...
  • Air Cooled Sunroof Vanagon: Vancouver BC Canada
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:30:40 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
  • Email Test
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 1 Jul 2013 22:59:21 -0700
    ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine...
  • Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:31:14 EDT
    ...they offer a complete kit to replace the wbx with an inline-4 VW engine. Does anyone out there in Vanagoland know the VW...
  • Re: 86 syncro I-4 swap
    Historical mailing list - SStones
    Mon, 2 Jun 2003 08:46:08 -0400
    At 11:35 PM 6/1/03 -0400, Vanagonluvr wrote: >DONT DO IT YOU WILL ONLY REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >THIS INLINE FOUR BUSINESS IS SUCH...
  • Heater core hoses. Correct Positions? (PICS)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:34:47 -0700
    ...81 JettaWesty "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • problems...fridge on 12 v
    Historical mailing list - barriver witch
    Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:45:17 -0400
    ...anyone help me out here... I have power to the fridge... inline fuse working...but fridge won't cool.... works on propane and plugging...
  • Re: inline VW swap into Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
    Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:22:20 -0400
    ...Rolling right along on my 'new' block (inline VW swap into Vanagon) Spent part of the day getting the 2.0 liter ABA 94...
  • Doka AC
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:55:12 -0700
    ...Didn't the 2 litre engines from the earlier years come with a blower mounted in the engine compartment? Was it an inline? Does...
  • Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
    Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:54:25 -0800
    ...Parts: * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. controlled glow plug in a metal Tee) * inline electric carb fuel pump...
  • Re: Where to find GBC (European) fuseholder
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:49:37 -0700
    ...I found an old Bosch fog light relay kit that had an inline fuleholder for the euro style, but haven't seen any others...
  • Re: All engines have issues...
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 22 May 2010 22:23:55 -0400
    ...They could have done very well indeed with a 1.8 or 2.0 inline four .. and heck...in South Africa the stock vanagon...
  • Re: Brake line Flare Nut Threads + Antiseize Ok?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:39:20 -0700
    ...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >> > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie...
  • Re: oil pressure at startup in diesel swapped inline 4
    Historical mailing list - Tromper
    Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:44:57 -0700
    ...oil pressure at startup in diesel swapped inline 4 I have a diesel Westy that was swapped with a 92 cabriolet egnine. The oil...
  • Re: Tiico Parts Availability?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:12:02 -0500
    Hmm, there have been, what? 7 or 8 different inline 4's that VW has made. And that's just the gas powered ones...
  • Re: FS: Kennedy Adapter plate, new clutch, and TDI starter
    Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
    Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:17:00 -0400
    The adapter is for standard VW mounting for inline watercooleds. Is it 22.5? It is the one they list as "VW RABBIT" Jason...
  • VW 2.5 liter 5 cylinder
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
    Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:55:23 -0400
    ...in the past 2-3 years but just guessing. Again, NOT the Subaru 2.5 but the VW 5 Cyl. inline engine. Thanks, TJ
  • heater assist kit
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 08 Dec 1995 01:57:12 -0500
    I was wondering if anyone has tried out one of those inline heater/defroster/defogger assist kits. It is supposed to boost heating up...