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• Re: Problem with Overheating with ABA conversion
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:21:14 EST
  ...My conversion's cooling system worked good once I figured the air bubble thing out on the top of the Subbie engine. But.... It...
• Re: Questions about gas to diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 06:41:20 -0700
  ...I have given a lot of thought to this conversion, but avoided it so far. There is a lot more to be changed than...
• On Indy craigslist: '81 with Subaru conversion, $2500
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:59:16 -0400
  Spotted this on CL, Bloomington Indiana: <http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/2955576120.html> Say 1981 with Subaru conversion. $2500 Must have been a diesel...
• Re: Conversion Kits
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:45:35 +0100
  At 06:15 PM 9/16/97 -0400, you wrote: >I am looking for a conversion kit for a 1984 Westpahlia (water-cooled) >to...
• (Help!) Idiots guide to Metric...
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:43:42 -0600
  ...Found a bunch of conversion info on the web, but this bonehead isn't making the connection. The wrench measures from 2-10mkp. Anyone...
• Eurospec conversion and the Synchro Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 17:51:29 EDT
  I had a bunch of interest from Synchro owners about whether the Eurospec conversion can be used in a AWD Vanagon. The answer is...
• G60 Corrado engine in a Vanagon? Can it be done?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:34:46 -0500
  ...I have a chance at a G60 Corrado (wrecked with good engine) and thinking about a conversion for the lumpy '89. Anybody know if...
• Re: I4 conversion; engine bay wiring; oil leaks
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:05:06 -0700
  ...I4 conversion; engine bay wiring; oil leaks Bill, The best place to find the connectors for large gauge wire (and assorted other nifty connectors...
• Re: [Syncro] TDI engine conversion kit availability
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:14:55 EST
  In a message dated 11/24/02 10:12:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, THEWESTYMAN@MINDSPRING.COM writes: << These conversions are vibration-free, >> Dangerous...
• Overland TDD conversion details
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:58:15 +0100
  Hello I just introduced the Overland TDD conversion kit to the German Bulli-Forum. Some members do require some more information, might be that...
• vanagons vs toyotaRe:Vanagon conversion with Previa engine - anyone has done it?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:16:17 EST
  ...nice conversion.. 4wd toyota powered splittie. wish i had my camera.. chris
• Questions about gas to diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:12:11 -0400
  ...Besides the engine, carrier, and bellhousing, what parts should I get for this conversion?? Fuel pump? Fuel lines? Fuel tank? What else??? Thanks Chuck
• Re: Power Steering To No PS Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 18:54:36 -0700
  ...Power Steering To No PS Conversion > > >I know that would be an unusual conversion, but I am interested in REMOVING >the the power steering...
• Re: Was: Re: John Wessels Glori's --- Now: California Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:33:24 -0400
  ...California Engine > Conversions > > It's still false. The statement "Any "clean" engine conversion can be > certified as legal in California" can only be true...
• Re: Small Car Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:25:04 -0800
  ...Small Car Conversions One thing I've found is that when I ask people what it cost, either a new WBX or conversion, I...
• Re: TDI conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:17:15 -0700
  ...TDI conversion Sorry if I am covering old ground, but I was wondering if anyone out there has done or knows if a VW...
• Re: Propane vs CNG Was Propane fueled Vanagons?,
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:20:19 -0400
  http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/afv/conversion.html Here is some useful information to get you started on the search. Note the legal...
• Re: Upon seeing bostig's handiwork
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:01:35 -0400
  It seem like a very well done conversion, i fully agree. I guess i will wait a bit before posting the "Inside a subi...
• Re: Motorcycle headlight conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:18:16 -0700
  ...Motorcycle headlight conversion? Hello, my previous owner spent $451 to get the headlamps converted to Bosch motorcycle headlights - "BOSCH H2 000 SAE76 DOT 1305...
• Re: 97 EV's
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:54:01 -0500
  ...There may be another way to get an EV besides as a Winnebago conversion, however. Only a few months ago, Country Homes Campers in...
• Subaru Conversion: I'm starting
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:42:56 -0400
  ...At the Litchfield, CT show I saw a Subaru conversion and really, really liked it. Since then, I've ordered a Subaru engine and...
• Conversion References
  Historical mailing list - Josh Monson
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:54:20 -0800
  ...For those of you who have done conversions. Can you tell me what your overall cost was, and I mean OVERALL cost, engine? conversion...
• Re: Pop-top conversion link?
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:11:24 -0700
  ...Pop-top conversion link? > re: www.makarov.com > > > The site I find here is a gun site. Foreshadowing? Will I want to end it...
• Re: VW to Napa Hose Conversion for '86-91 Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:17:38 -0700
  ...Stebbins wrote: > > > There use to be a site that had these conversions, but now it is > > behind a LOGIN and PW page. WHO put...
• TDI engine conversion kit availability
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:46:53 -0500
  Volks, The conversion kits I had talked about earlier this year are now available for delivery. This kit uses a brand new 1.9...
• subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:17:20 -0500
  ...With everything that will have to be replaced, I've decided to do the Subaru conversion. I just bought a wrecked '93 Legacy to...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:59:43 -0500
  ...aol.com> wrote: > ok, im making a list of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock > vanagon engine lid.. WITHOUT rising up above...
• Re: FS
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:27:31 -0700
  ...8 Turbo... > >Custom interior by Westy Conversions in Colorado. > > Calling it a "Westy" based on a conversion by a company which is > deliberately named...
• Re: Engine woes - what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:21:42 -0800
  My last conversion (a '94 Subaru 2.2 into an '84 Westy) cost me around $3,000 & I did all the work myself. Be...
• Re: VW to Napa Hose Conversion for '86-91 Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 05:20:02 -0500
  ...VW to Napa Hose Conversion for '86-91 Vanagons > Malcolm, > I've got the page on my site, but don't remember who to...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:27:25 -0700
  ...Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI > Ha, but that's not right. I'm a hybrid... Japanese father, German...
• Recommendation for Vanagon-savvy mechanic in or near north Dallas-Ft Worth area?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 4 May 2021 21:07:44 -0500
  I have an 85 Westy with Bostig conversion. I did all the conversion work myself. I have run out of desire to work on...
• Re: Subie swap
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 7 May 2018 09:27:21 -0400
  If you found anything other than subie conversion stuff you went to the wrong spot... subaruvanagon@yahoogroups.com Rob vwrobb@gmail.com On Mon...
• Diesel Vanagon conversion / CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 18 Nov 1996 16:25:41 -0500
  The fun continues! I am probably 50% done on my conversion project. I am hoping to install the gas engine next weekend, weather permitting...
• Re: Ford V-6 (was: Engine conversion ?)
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 23:08:05 -0800
  Having been through many years of posts on the advisability of Ford V-6 conversions while on the Sunbeam Alpine list, the bottom line...
• Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:09:32 -0400
  ...would be VERY intersting to see...VW official documents on the conversion. But that implies there ARE such things are WBX Vanagons in SA...
• New write-ups on my website (some TiiCo content)
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:02:20 -0700
  ...These include some pics of the interior of my Wolfy conversion as well as a write-up about the Exhaust issues I ran into...
• FS: '87 Westy w/ 2.0L golf inline motor conversion from Fast Forward on ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 04:37:17 EDT
  FS: '87 Westy w/ inline 4cyl 2.0L golf motor conversion from Fast Forward, on ebay. NOT mine. go for it. and if you...
• Finished westy conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:19:13 -0500
  I just finished my westy conversion. It was easy. Got in the Syncro and drove 60 MPH for 10 minutes... Check it out... and...
• TiiCo yahoo group
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:43:23 -0800
  ...the TiiCo engine conversion. There's lots of really good pictures and installation hints tips and upgrades!
• Re: Dual Fuel Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:38:49 +0000
  ...that is a standard dg engine, and mine's a subie conversion but it shouldn't make a difference to the mounting position. HTH...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:47:26 -0400
  ...Now's a great time to showcase Bostig's newest conversion. Here's a video of the prototype: http://www.bostig.com/files/bostig...
• 1.8t conversion option
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:03:51 -0400
  ...Jason On 8/21/07, John Runberg <jrunberg@mac.com> wrote: > A friend in Sacramento just forwarded a local shop doing 1.8t conversions...
• Money loss was Small Car Conversions
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:28:43 -0600
  ...Small Car Conversions One thing I've found is that when I ask people what it cost, either a new WBX or conversion, I...
• Re: Warren Chapman drives his Syncro into the sunset...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:45:26 -0700
  ...Though at the time he was no mechanic, he was an early Subaru converter and then started the Subaru conversion list to share what...
• Re: Vanagon engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 13:35:31 -0800
  Tom, Thanks for the olive branch. :) I will be interested to know how your conversion works out for you. Like I said in my...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:47:36 -0800
  ...You can get one from many vendors, Potter has them, with > conversion studs; > > <http://www.parts4vws.com> > (Not Vanagon specific site, but a well...
• Re: Buick V6 powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 May 2008 02:48:48 +1200
  ...I >think the conclusion was that your conversion would have made a pretty >good overall upgrade had you not been a bit heavy on...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:23:21 -0600
  ...tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions > >> > > >> > > >> >> >I have seen a number of members postings and vendors sites that talk > >> >about > >> >> the I4 conversion. The...
• Re: What is THAT thing?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:36:23 EDT
  ...Isn't Dehler considered the best conversion over there? Westfalia is well known here in the US, and was the official camper conversion offered...
• Re: engine swap / finding mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:41:38 -0800
  I know that it should be easy to find mechanics to work on conversions but I also know that non-stock vehicles scare off...
• Re: Power Steering To No PS Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 19:03:50 -0700
  ...Power Steering To No PS Conversion > > >I know that would be an unusual conversion, but I am interested in REMOVING >the the power steering...
• Re: Small Car Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:26:46 -0800
  ...Small Car Conversions This is from a recent post to the SubaruVanagon Group ~ sadlerbeagles478 My wife and I did a Subaru conversion on our...
• Re: digijet engine swap? Reply to Ken's comments!
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 22:03:18 EST
  All I know is that there have been quite a few guys who have done this conversion and I have never heard any of...
• Re: John Wessels Glori's --- Now: California Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:48:14 -0700
  ...California Engine Conversions YRMV, but I can tell you that the ref (Alameda, CA) that passed my Subie 2.2 conversion would have ended...
• Fwd: [Syncro] Junk yard Suburu conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:58:44 -0700
  ...Re: [Syncro] Junk yard Suburu conversion was High pressure > power steering line. > > it's at the u pull it at tower and colfax. The...
• Re: Crasy 2.6 l 5 Cyl. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:22:44 +0100
  ...new engine , conversion kit , installment and >dismantl donor car. I need a donor Audi also . >Conversion Time 14 day . >Engines are limited . >Offer valid...
• Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:04:10 -0700
  I would hope the newer Ford engine conversion has better emissions but have not seen any emissions test results to back that up. Since...
• Re: Anyone seen this van in person
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:46:38 -0700
  ...It is one of the MSDS conversions. It is a very nice conversion, but since Zetecs and Subies can be put into a Vanagon...
• Re: ASI/Riviera headcount
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 05:45:46 -0700
  ...ASI/Riviera headcount > > > Hey there just seeing who all has a bus or vanagon with the > ASI/Riviera camper conversion..I have seen a...