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Inline-4 Cylinder kit Ready $2200
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:23:57 EST
I have finally finished getting together the kit for putting the inline 4-cylinder motor (Jetta, Golf, Scirocco) into a waterboxer Vanagon. Most of...
Re: engine swaps... VR6
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 9 Nov 2002 21:56:08 -0500
On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 01:05 PM, Ben T wrote: > Keep in mind that they will fit where most VW inline 4...
Re: 1990 Carat L ? ? ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:27:19 -0800
wondering what ? like wondering why it says 'I4' ( as in Inline Four Engine layout ) , or what ? and come to think of it, they should...
Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:30:44 -0700
...While I didn't convert an aircooled van, nor did I complete the installation of the inline 4 gas VW motor that came with...
Re: why swap engines
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 30 Jul 1998 23:05:58 -0700
...7 - Inline fours are less poluting, more efficient and with the 2.0L more power full At 20:36 7/30/98 -0700, Michael...
Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:57:40 -0400
...Agreed Vibration is an inherent part of the inline-four > engine design. Disagree, it's inherent to operation of any reciprocating internal combustion engine...
Re: I'm getting the FAS Gen 5 and info
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 20 May 2012 13:04:44 -0700
...and then for an inline four gas or diesel . and see that there is significantly more weight on the left rear wheel compared to...
Re: parting out '82 diesel vanagon.. want to put a inline 4 gas or diesel in ur van?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:16:03 -0800
...want to put a inline 4 gas or > diesel in ur van? > > for those who are lookin for the diesel setup to convert your...
Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:03:53 -0500
...they actually said that the Vanagon was designed to use the inline 4, however brisk sales of the VW Rabbit left them too few...
help needed in Anchoage
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:06:51 -0700
...I think they can replace the leaking waterpump in their inline 4 engine themselves but they need a place to do it. Anyone able...
Re: Soo- Oil Pan cracked
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:48:24 -0700
It takes the same oil pan gaskets as millions of other VW inline cyl engines. Mark Dana Mueller wrote: > So the big question: is...
Re: (NVC) How come people change names?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 20 May 2011 19:50:22 -0700
...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Return of the 14' BFG TA KO | LT195/75R14/D
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:10:02 -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
TiiCo engine conversions.
Historical mailing list - Jurgen E. Pichler
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:40:38 -0800
What's the most common thing to do if one converts to the TiiCo inline 4 engine in regards to the tachometer? The original...
Re: Which Engine To Install and by Whom
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 14 May 2012 17:59:13 -0700
Another option is a VW inline 4. Now watch this thread go crazy! ;^) There's lots of factors in determining which swap is best...
Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:46:45 -0400
...I may have been lucky but according to urban ledgend, the > inline VW motor is really hard to damage... > > The "belt AND suspenders" type...
Re: Which Engine To Install and by Whom
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 14 May 2012 18:07:08 -0700
...There's the inline gas four VW engine ... 1.8 8-volve ones, 2.0 ABA ones, 16vavle 1.8 and 2.0 engines...
Re: Single Cab FS: North Vancouver B.C.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:25:17 -0700
...tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
Re: timing belt inline 4
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Wed, 29 May 2002 21:18:44 -0700
...timing belt inline 4 Before I go on my summer trip to Newfoundland I want to replace the timing belt on my Eurospec conversion...
Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:08:22 -0400
...I have tried installing both a > ground-loop isolator (to the RCA plugs) and an inline noise filter ( on the > 12V + wire) independent of...
Re: SVC: Which Takes More Patience?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:08:56 -0400
...On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Surfacing the head on an inline four at home...
Re: Conversion Choices
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:13:55 -0400
...I know of the VW TDI Subaru, Multiple motors Ford ZTEC << You missed mine, a VW inline gasser, ABA 2.0 block, 1.8...
Adventures in Rear Brake Flex Hose Replacement
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:08:46 -0700
...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Correction: FS: 84 BIG SUNROOF w/ inline4
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 05:53:52 EDT
I posted this for my buddy and many of you inquired. One thing I overlooked until this evening is this thing has the BIG...
Re: Is There A TIICO List?
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:13:33 EDT
...t understand the need for a separate list. >> Yep, someone actually started one (inline 4 list). It was sleepy as a ghost town. BenT
Re: Re-wiring doors (power windows, etc)
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:22:20 -0700
...Lotsa colors, lotsa guages, lotsa innersting bits attached. (inline circuit breakers, connectors, relay banks ) You probably have to bring your own cutters. pensioner
Re: FYI : 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:29:46 -0700
...They are made for the bigger 2.6L 5 cylinder inline engines.
Re: 1984 vanagon 1.9 fuel filter
Historical mailing list
Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:14:30 EST
...like the old lady of mine is stuck--van wont run well---where is the > fuel filter located? > > inline before the fuel pump... chris
Re: Another inline Bay conversion (not mine)
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:48:28 -0600
...Another inline Bay conversion (not mine) This one's a 1972 conversion in progress. Looks like the builder will actually get done in a...
Re: Interstate MTP-91 Battery Fits?
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:52:33 EDT
...Your van is an air cooled converted to an inline 4 2.0 right? David Clarkson 90 Westy (267k) In a message dated 8...
Re: Suburu/Golf debate
Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:12:04 -0800
...My first choice is still the inline engines, but the > Subaru isn't bad. [snip of much more useful stuff... check the archives if...
SA Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - DrCory
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:43:13 -0600
...in short, SA sells an inline 4 cylinder 2.0L replacement engine. TIICO sells it here in the states. Its, more or less a...
Re: Breaking News - engine conversion from VWoA dealer!!
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:44:41 -0500
...Soon they will be offering a conversion kit including brand new 2.0 liter inline 4 engine with a 12 12 warranty. I thought...
Re: Inline fan source-air cooled vans?
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:36:53 -0500
...Inline fan source-air cooled vans? For those of us who have evolved, meaning crawled out of the choking sea of water (cooled vehicles...
Re: Carrier Bars?
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:02:51 -0500
On 12/04/2011 01:59 PM, Jim Arnott wrote: > Inline replacing a waterboxer. I keep getting ambiguous answers. > > Question: '84 wasserboxer. > > I have...
Re: Eurospec conversion
Historical mailing list
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:38:59 EST
I don't understand fully why a inline-4 or 5 cylinder gas engine has a higher coolant pressure on the system but it...
Re: The Ideal vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:19:58 -0400
...VW never did figure out how to make a watercooled boxer reliable, but their inline engines are pretty good. > -full-time 4WD, with no...
Re: Air cooled and WBX accelerator cable same length?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:28:46 -0700
...81 JettaWesty "Jaco > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine > s > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil...
Friday Fun Vanagon Game
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:46:08 -0700
...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
Change a VW Fan Belt In 5 Seconds?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:07:45 -0700
...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Motronic, anyone? (NRC)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 7 May 2004 10:18:29 -0700
Has anyone else besides me on the list a 2.0 93 0r later inline four in their Vanagon? Or owns the car ? I...
Re: Inline 4 engines for sale?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:01:52 -0700
...one out there in vw land have any good rebuilt/upgraded Inline 4 engines for sale? My van has a 1.8 liter engine...
Re: A"KEEP YOUR (2009) HEADS UP !!! :O)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:48:56 -0800
...81 VanaJetta "Jaco > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages...
Re: Bosch starter relay numbers
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 Oct 94 12:53:09 CDT
...Under the rear seat was an inline spade connector, so convenient to test! Hooked up a hot waite from the very conveniently accessable battery...
Re: Subject: What about replacing Vanagon engines with more fuel efficient ones? (long answer)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:14:21 -0700
...installing the inline 4 VW 1.8 gas engine (Golf/Jetta) into a *WBX* Vanagon so it fits under the engine lid, requires the...
Re: MPG from an I-4 engine: two tank test.
Historical mailing list - ---------------------
Wed, 16 May 2007 13:19:30 -0400
...thanks for the MPG feed back.....I thought you would get some good milage out of that setup.When my inline swap give up...
Re: DIESEL need rod cap nuts
Historical mailing list - pat
Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:16:32 -0400
...DIESEL need rod cap nuts AFAIK, the typical VW gas inline engines use a different rod nut, except for the supercharged Corrado which uses...
Re: parting out '82 diesel vanagon.. want to put a inline 4 gas or diesel in ur van?
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:24:56 -0500
...lookin for the diesel setup to convert your waterboxer > into > a inline 4cyl gas or diesel... this guy is parting out a '82 diesel...
Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
Tue, 31 May 2011 16:18:01 -0400
Recaro Seats, LED Third Brake lightin the rear on westy shelf,Inline 4 engine and Audiovox cruise control, Audio that will interface with ipod...
Single Cab FS: North Vancouver B.C.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:51 -0700
...Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Product to Repair Cluster Foil?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:13:37 -0800
...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
Re: Frozen Engine
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:53:23 -0800
...on the pistons with a dowel and dead-blow, or whatever. Inline engine? FIve minute job! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" '90 Vanagon GL...
Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:35:07 +1300
>B. inline fives (isn't this what the VW 2.6 is... how could a five > cylinder be a boxer?) You COULD have a...
Re: 86 syncro I-4 swap
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:35:20 -0400
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, No Name Available wrote: > DONT DO IT YOU WILL ONLY REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > THIS INLINE FOUR BUSINESS IS SUCH A...
More on the cross-pan brace in the Diesel...
Historical mailing list
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:58:48 -0800
...Or Gasoline inline four installation in a vanagon. I posted recently that my motor had almost dropped onto the highway when a motor mount...
Re: I-4 conversion general info
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:24:38 -0700
...Techtonics Tuning, a VW specific parts place in Oregon has lots of parts for the inline VW motors and lots of specialized knowledge concerning...
Re: Porterfield R4-S Rear Brake Shoes
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Thu, 9 Oct 2014 13:21:20 -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: Universal inline plug?
Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:25:43 -0800
You night want to look at these too. Inline splice that will accept a bullet terminal. 3M� - Scotchlok� Run And Tap Connector Good Luck...
Re: DIESEL need rod cap nuts
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:27:41 -0400
...DIESEL need rod cap nuts AFAIK, the typical VW gas inline engines use a different rod nut, except for the supercharged Corrado which uses...
Re: [Syncro] Has anyone put a turbodiesel system in a gas inline-4?
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:57:35 EST
...Then I have this other van with an inline 4 GTI engine in it. I was hoping to marry the parts to make super...