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• Re: Air Engine... the ultimate Vanagon Engine Conversion!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:33:47 -0700
  ...Interestingly, I was just reading that in China they can't get people to buy hybrid cars very much. Toyota was only able to...
• Re: Increasing fuel economy/decreasing con$umption
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 23 May 2008 12:47:21 -0400
  ...if you do, turn off the engine like it was a hybrid. > Jim > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Don Hanson...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:23:50 -0700
  ...84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve > head and Digifant..no cat exhaust. > I've driven this...
• Re: fuel/oil sender hybrid?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 May 2003 22:25:55 -0700
  I've exercised some thoughts on a fuel pressure gauge. The things that Vanagon owners need to monitor is just the things that will...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 11 May 2004 23:18:46 -0400
  ...With biodiesel, they even smell >>better than gas exhaust. >>They are far superior to any hybrid car as well. >>More space, similar >>mileage with...
• Re: Metric spellings, abbreviations
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:25:49 +1300
  ...vw, diesel v. >hybrid, yin v. yang, etc. > >How long will this thread last? > >Personally, I'm a Whitworth guy... You're WAY out...
• Re: COSTCO's - Kirkland group 41 battery
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:15:09 -0400
  ...We often call them > hybrids. Better than SLI but still soft plate, not grid and pasted plate > construction. > > AGM technology is still evolving but...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:10:45 -0800
  ...years old "illegal gross polluters" and make everyone buy > a $40K hybrid, but they can't. A 1978 car originally sold in Arizona > can...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:13:18 -0500
  ...That might >> ever so >> slightly offset the low gas mileage. >> >> Also there apparently are battery disposal issues with hybrids - >> we don�t >> have those...
• Re: Coolant Pump: wear at case
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 08:03:15 -0700
  ...I did get to do my current hybrid ABA/1.8 liter Jetta motor, the one that's in my van now, as an...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 09:27:29 -0500
  ...It is an organic hybrid that mixes with both types. I can buy G12+ > for about the same price as G11. More importantly is...
• From digester. What is it with the US.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:35:19 -0700
  ...that the improved style batteries can be retro-fitted into existing hybrid vehicles..That'll be cool.. Plenty of room in my van for...
• Re: Briefly unresponsive engine
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:29:45 -0500
  You may also want to check with the Type 2 list, as your ride is a bit of a hybrid. Your motor is much...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:52:55 -0600
  ...anyone tell me if there are kits to convert Vanagons to hybrid or > electric? > > KG > > -- > --------------------------------------------- > Donald Baxter > 316 Ridgeview Avenue > University Heights, Iowa 52246...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:10:08 -0500
  ...car purchased in America for the next 10 years was a hybrid > you > don't think fuel consumption would decline dramatically? Off course it...
• Re: clutch...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:21 -0600
  ...90 Vanagon 04 Jetta TDI 05 Jetta Wagon TDI 06 Camry Hybrid > g r u n g y AT g r u n g...
• HEV conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 18:19:37 -0700
  ...The other day I was browsing through some literature about the Honda Insight, Honda's hybrid electric vehicle. The internal combustion engine alone makes...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Tue, 11 May 2004 23:50:11 -0400
  ...With biodiesel, they even smell >>>better than gas exhaust. >>>They are far superior to any hybrid car as well. >>>More space, similar >>>mileage with...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:01:56 -0500
  ...of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with extended fender flares and WIDE truck tires...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:02:19 -0500
  ...I like to see the mechanic face when you break down 5000 miles from home when he sees a hybrid van; you better do...
• Re: Load vs fuel consumption..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:11:53 -0700
  ...As I was tuning my inline hybrid motor I could NOT detect any knocking at all, even when I was abusing the motor with...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:23:59 -0600
  ...way down. > I think Bruce just dropped the hammer on his hybrid toy to see how > everything behaved and reached that 101 as part...
• Re: Forget the Frig in Summer
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:29:42 -0700
  ...I have been working on a "hybrid" fridge for my westy that would still use the westy fridge components but add an electric compressor...
• Re: Vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:11:30 -0700
  ...exhaust carefully.You got guts to be traveling is such > a > >hybrid ,way out there .Once again,wish I was there. > >Roger > -- Jake 1984...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:46:39 -0700
  ...But I digress..... > > Do you think the ABA hybrid will have enough torque where you need it > in the Syncro? > > Regardless, here's hoping...
• Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:58:32 -0700
  ...it ran fine without one so...But since this was a hybrid of two different motors, I decided I really wanted to KNOW how...
• Re: cylinder index (funny Friday hijinx)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:23:54 -0400
  ...t you sell your Vanagon and buy one of those Honda hybrids. Oh wait, that's why you're a hypocrite, you should be...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! . . . and Gas Guzzlers to Boot
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:46:42 -0700
  ...Honda was one of the companies that did some research on it when they were told what their epa miles were for their hybrids...
• Re: List is getting kinda crazy..suggested split
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Wed, 27 May 1998 18:22:57 -0400
  ...Along those lines it would also make sense to split the list for syncro types, aircooled, diesel, eurovans, crew cabs, hybrid electric limos, all...
• Re: timing belt inline 4
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Wed, 29 May 2002 21:28:37 -0600
  ...the fact that the engine is slanted at 53*? > > 3.How much is the timing belt for a 2.0l Golf/Audi hybrid? > > Any...
• Transmission Gurus?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:37:31 -0800
  ...very good transmission when combined with my 2.0 liter ABA hybrid inline motor. When I have this gearbox totally apart I'd really...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 13 May 2004 23:51:52 -0700
  ...It's hard to argue with the best performing Hybrid Gas-Electric cars on the basis of just what comes out the tail pipe...
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:59:32 +0000
  ...I'm a kind of hybrid type guy... ... if ya look in Lee Valley's catalogue www.leevalley.com or walk into any Canadian...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:33:28 -0700
  ...about an upgrade to 15 > inch wheels.� I > know on my hybrid bicycle the tires are much narrower than > on my > mountain bike, and...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:10:22 -0700
  ...I > know on my hybrid bicycle the tires are much narrower than > on my > mountain bike, and the rolling resistance is much lower > (empirical...
• Nissan Leaf Lease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:22:04 -0700
  ...They have expensive repairs and the resale value is low. > Resale value is comparable to or exceeds that of larger, non-hybrid Toyota and...
• Re: Last chance! (was: need assistance)
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 17:32:16 -0700
  ...87(parts) Stretch bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia turning into a hybrid electric Stretch Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) Have owned way too many VWs...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:25:26 -0600
  Subarus 2015 XV Crosstrek Hybrid comes in a VeryPretty Green Similar to this ~ http://www.subaru.com/vehicles/xv-crosstrek/special-features.html On...
• Re: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:44:39 -0400
  ...is strictly electric, that is, the compressor is driven by its own electric motor (unlike the Honda hybrids, where the A.C. is engine...
• Help with a fueling problem diagnosis long.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:28:25 -0800
  The Digifant 84 tintop with ABA hybrid gas motor, stuck in there using the Vw diesel mounts and 5 sp trans. Digifant, can be...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 12 May 2004 16:28:39 GMT
  ...diesels, which would greatly increase their CAFE and are moving to hybrids instead. from http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/report.cfm?publicationID=133 While...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 11:55:53 -0500
  ...air...not to mention your 2nd car >> > should be a electric >> > > hybrid...is it??? >> > > >> > > Am I to understand that Kevin is making light of...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 12 May 2004 18:59:43 -0700
  ...If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like the 1.2L > Lupo engine, you'd have a runaway contender for best mileage and emissions...
• Re: 2 questions...(still looking for a westy)
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:32:18 -0400
  ...also will be very difficult to find > as any really skilled and knowledgeable VW mechanic will be like me and > advise against such hybrids. >
• Re: The Price We Pay For Being "Cool"
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:24:58 -0800
  ...if it were equipped with an engine more powerful e.g. hybrid/gas or diesel.� There just isn't a viable alternative made yet...
• emissions data
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:23:52 -0700
  ...That's why hybrids - the SULEVs (super low emissions vehicles) - are looking good these days, pending concerns about life cycle impacts (battery disposal). Fuel...
• 5sp Transmission rebuild..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 7 May 2016 07:12:33 -0700
  ...work almost perfectly for me, with my 2.0 liter ABA hybrid inline vw motor and the way I like to drive. They said...
• Re: Anybody burning WVO in Illinois?-Fryeday rant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:32:29 -0600
  Wonder why they don't also tax the production of electricity in a hybrid as an alternative fuel? I've considered producing my own...
• Re: Solar for VANGONS?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 20:03:19 -0700
  ...long time until some > bigger more powerful corporation came back with hybrids...and now full > electric cars are back again.. > We shall see how...
• Re: Cash for Clunkers Tally
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:12:18 -0400
  ...And for all the folks that bought hybrids, > you think those batteries were grown in a garden? The mines that > produce the raw materials...
• Re: New westfalia concept bus computer generated
  Historical mailing list - two-tone brown
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:44:46 -0800
  ...or batteries... (how cool would a hybrid multi-euro-van-agon be)... how about 4 little distributed/independant fuel cell / electric motors, one at...
• VW ETKA CD for "free"ish
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 07:35:22 -0700
  ...Due to the hybrid/inbreeding of VW and Audi, you can usually find the parts you are looking for though. There is no rubber...
• Re: SubaGon resale values
  Historical mailing list - Road Camper
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:23:31 -0700
  ...Sat, 2 Jun 2001 08:36:54 -0400 > >BenT (and others) said: > > > I believe hybrids are not in demand as > > much as an unaltered...
• Re: Dream Syncro - Price: $125,000
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:52:53 -0500
  ...be the ones that are > the most desirable and these other hybrids, are going to be the second > class citizen that people wish they...
• Re: Coolant Pump: wear at case
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:08:23 +0000
  ...them just for fun.   I did get to do my current hybrid ABA/1.8 liter Jetta motor, the one that's in my...
• Re: TV antenna
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 19:31:46 -0700
  ...t come with antenna's (I just got the Elgato >> EyeTV Hybrid, which does both analog and digital TV. >> >> The Miglia tuner's antenna...
• Re: Reflective tinting ...
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:07:41 -0700
  ...There appear to be far more claims about dye, metal, hybrid, ceramic, etc., films than there are test results, that I can find. -- Mike...
• Re: This B.C. company wants to electrify your Porsche, your mini van and your school bus | Globalnews.ca
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:57:22 -0700
  ...Building new vehicles has environmental costs, too, so he is right >> about that. >> >> I wonder, would converting an old hybrid be cheaper than converting...
• Re: Breakthrough for TDI conversions!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:12:38 -0400
  ...This company has developed a hybrid injection system that is similar to the one used on the 1.9 TD (AAZ-code) engines. Claims...
• Re: Extra socket in tail lamps
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Jul 2023 18:24:16 -0700
  ...I tried to explain differences in tail lights. >>>> >>>> >>>> To make a hybrid and use the empty spots would need some wiring at connector and...