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• Syncro de Mayo - Engine Conversion Wkshop - What would you like to learn?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 12:49:23 -0700
  So far we have speakers committed for the following conversions: Subaru Tiico GoWesty WBX upgrades Zetec Detlev, our usual VW/Audi I-5 expert...
• Re: Inline 4 COnversions
  Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:41:18 -0700
  ...Robert K Conversion 1: 1982 Westfalia 1995 Golf engine Conversion 2: 1980 Westfalia (to water-cooled inline four) Conversion 4: 1978 Bus to Audi...
• Call for I4 conversion owners survey
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 07:45:55 -0800
  ...miles on van since conversion 4. problems (if any) associated with engine conversion 5. aspects of conversion that you ARE happy with 6. aspects...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] Syncro pass. van for sale/trade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:56:26 -0800
  ...TDI-conversion@onelist.com Subscribe: TDI-conversion-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: TDI-conversion-unsubscribe@onelist.com List owner: TDI-conversion-owner@onelist.com Shortcut...
• Re: subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:54:44 -0800
  I don't know about the I-4 conversion but the subaru conversion is not for the faint of heart. It takes an incredible...
• Re: Syncro - Adventurewagon Conversion - collective feedback?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:39:45 -0400
  ...Is this a Syncro conversion to a 2WD AV, or an AV conversion to a stock Syncro? Stephen Mobile > On Apr 23, 2018, at...
• Re: vanagon camper conversions
  Historical mailing list - Derek
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 00:23:35 -0700
  Thanks Zoltan, I was just wondering why there were at least ten times as many Westfalia conversions around here than there were any other...
• Fw: [TDI-conversion] Subaru diesel (Common rail)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:13:05 -0800
  ...TDI-conversion@onelist.com Subscribe: TDI-conversion-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: TDI-conversion-unsubscribe@onelist.com List owner: TDI-conversion-owner@onelist.com Shortcut...
• Re: importing a EV Westi
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:03:42 -0700
  ...The "Westfalia" conversions had an air of respectability about them that the other conversions lacked. There were several US manufacturers of camper conversions based...
• Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. nonEurospec
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:38:50 -0800
  Hello, I recently had the engine converted in my 85 Vanagon with the Eurospec 2.0 conversion kit. I am insanely curious if other...
• Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 01:01:31 -0500
  We would like to announce the opening of our engine conversion shop specializing in Subaru-Vanagon conversions. We are located 1 hour west of...
• Engine Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:01:00 -0800
  I've been thinking of a conversion, don't have the money now but I can still think about it. My first thought is...
• subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:40:46 -0800
  Is the subaru conversion easier than the i-4 conversion? I can get a legacy motor for 375.00 Darrel 88
• Engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 07:42:25 -0000
  While there's a lot of discussion on the list regarding engine conversions I thought I would take the opportunity to find out if...
• Re: Engine conversions (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:18:39 EDT
  ...Finally he agreed to pay the bill and I vowed never to do another 5-cylinder conversion again. Was it really the conversion's...
• Syncro - Adventurewagon Conversion - collective feedback?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:32:41 -0700
  Hi all, I am looking at a late eighty's Adventurewagon syncro conversion. The conversion was done by Adventurewagon, Inc. in Fort Bragg, Ca...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] shipping a bus- having trouble finding a shipper AZ to ID
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:08:19 -0500
  ...TDI-conversion@onelist.com > Subscribe: TDI-conversion-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: TDI-conversion-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: TDI-conversion-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut...
• Re: Engine conversions (RSA Audi 5)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:38:52 +1300
  >While there's a lot of discussion on the list regarding engine conversions >I thought I would take the opportunity to find out if...
• Vanagon engine conversion help
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:30:13 -0700
  Im looking for some one in the Portland Oregon area who does vanagon engine conversions. I am looking into doing a conversion in the...
• Re: I've seen the Tii conversion completed
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:52:27 -0400
  Maybe like my Vanagon engine conversion page at: http://volksweb.relitech.com/convert.htm TomC tcarrington@relitech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Davidson [SMTP...
• tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Brian Atkins
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:14:20 -0500
  I have seen a number of members postings and vendors sites that talk about the I4 conversion. The only one that I have yet...
• Re: diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 23:50:18 EST
  ...Some converters are offering Overland's upright diesel conversion for WBX vans. IIRC that conversion uses an adapter plate. The earlier conversions simply used...
• Re: Vanagon Zetec Conversion update
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:38:13 -0500
  I really like the cheap, affordable engine conversion concept for the vanagon. It looks good, is turn-key, and fits under the lid. But...
• Re: Westfalia conversions
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:17:11 EDT
  ...elua@INTERPAC.NET (Imua Camper Co.) > > >a Sportsmobile conversion ... > >They also were the company that did the first VW > >pop-top camper conversions back...
• Re: U.S high-top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:47:00 -0800
  JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > Adventurewagen made a high top conversion for the vanagon. > operative word is "made". i dont think theyre still in business...
• 3.2L Carerra Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Ankeny
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:16:44 -0500
  I have searched the archives and still have a few questions about the conversion I am about to undertake. I am planning to install...
• Re: Call for I4 conversion owners survey
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:51:26 -0500
  ...miles on van since conversion maybe 4000 > 4. problems (if any) associated with engine conversion none > 5. aspects of conversion that you ARE happy...
• SUBARU CONVERSION LIST
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:33:38 -0700
  For those interested in the Subaru engine conversion, there is now a list dedicated to helping with the conversion. URL is below. http://www...
• Re: Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 07:11:41 -0500
  ...John Reddick wrote: >We would like to announce the opening of our engine conversion shop >specializing in Subaru-Vanagon conversions. We are located 1...
• i-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:20:48 -0500
  If any one needs to know what extra parts you need for the conversion i have a parts list with part numbers of what...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:22:46 EST
  ...Why? What is different about their conversion than other companies / homebrew conversions? >> Brian, Tiico is actually the Johnnie-Come-Lately of the VW inline...
• GTI Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Erik OBrien
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 17:12:13 -0700
  Hello list, When I was shopping for my first westy I found an 82' diesel that desperatly needed a conversion. It was dangerously slow...
• Re: [Syncro] Aside from Wsetfalia, what other Vanagon conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:40:14 -0800
  ...List of conversions.... ASI and Riviera are the same. ASI in Vancouver Wa. did the conversions that were sold by Riviera VW in the...
• Re: subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:12:41 -0600
  ...subaru conversion > Is the subaru conversion easier than the i-4 conversion? I can get a > legacy motor for 375.00 > Darrel 88
• Re: [TDI-conversion] saddle tanks / auxiliary tanks for fuel
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 31 May 2004 18:47:56 -0700
  ...TDI-conversion@onelist.com Subscribe: TDI-conversion-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: TDI-conversion-unsubscribe@onelist.com List owner: TDI-conversion-owner@onelist.com Shortcut...
• Re: Engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Michael Pidcoe
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:42:09 -0500
  ...Very early in the process of making my conversion decision I dropped by to chat with my friendly local emission/mechanic guy. He is...
• Tiico conversion... really
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:20:34 -0700
  ...Tiico conversion > > I am amazed how quickly this Tiico conversion thread morphed into weather > patterns and international shipping long before Friday! [snip] Me too...
• FW: FS: 2.5L Subaru conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Meiborg, John R
  Sat, 23 May 1998 06:55:10 -0700
  The following conversion kit is still for sale. I would like to sell it complete before I start selling parts. Any takers? > I would...
• Re: 1.8t conversion option (and possibly TDI!)
  Historical mailing list - handy ighland
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:08:53 -0700
  They are also developing a TDI conversion, and would like interested parties to contact them. This is the only shop in California that I...
• Re: Engine Conversion for sale soon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:11:21 -0500
  How about an SVX conversion for the masses? :D Sudhir On 1/17/06, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote: > I will be finishing...
• Re: vanagon conversions
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:33:05 -0400
  >I have had the opportunity to work on both types of conversions, and >just >this week finished a Tiico 2.0 conversion for a...
• vr6 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 27 May 2008 21:23:05 -0400
  Now that I have been enlightened about the mounting angles for an I4 conversion does the same hold true for a VR6 conversion? I...
• Re: currency conversion question - USD to Euro (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:05:16 -0800
  http://www.xe.com/pca/input.cgi we this for out BnB on line conversions ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• where is the 5cyl conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:40:20 EST
  So, what is going on with the 5cyl conversion? Who is the authority on this subject? i.e. who is doing this conversion,,,,who...
• Re: Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:19:31 EST
  ...He does the Tiico conversions. Tassi, Inc. in Colma (near San Francisco) does 1.9 td and formerly did Eurospec conversions when they were...
• Re: vanagon conversions- subaru
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:50:44 -0400
  Brian, I have had the opportunity to work on both types of conversions, and just this week finished a Tiico 2.0 conversion for...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:50:40 -0700
  ...Try to find one close with experience in a particular conversion and go with that. It's been my experience with conversions you need...
• Informal Poll - What would you pay for a conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:30:13 -0500
  The current Subaru conversions are either all custom, or roll your own with various parts. What would you pay for a mail-order-bolt...
• Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:42:54 -0800
  > I've been aware of Zetec conversions for a year or > two. I have yet to see any owner raving about it.... > And I...
• Re: Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 00:51:28 -0500
  ...Subaru conversion > > > I know one person locally who bought a conversion kit and > did a 4 cyl Subaru > conversion himself. It can't be...
• Re: Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 07:52:20 -0500
  ...good luck... > > John Reddick wrote: > > >We would like to announce the opening of our engine conversion shop > >specializing in Subaru-Vanagon conversions. We are...
• Re: Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 08:55:59 -0800
  > It is nice to see more "shops" getting into the conversion bussiness. It's > also shocking to see the similarity in costs of professionally...
• Re: A/C conversion to R134a??
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:53:15 -0600
  ...Seems like a conversion is doomed to leak R134a without a hose change. Anyone changed hoses in a conversion? Where did the hoses come...
• Re: Syncro - Adventurewagon Conversion - collective feedback?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:56:26 -0700
  ...Syncro - Adventurewagon Conversion - collective feedback? Clarification: Is this a Syncro conversion to a 2WD AV, or an AV conversion to a stock Syncro? Stephen...
• Re: Engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:41:17 +0300
  Hello John, >While there's a lot of discussion on the list regarding engine >conversions I thought I would take the opportunity to find...
• TiiCo Question
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:47:25 -0700
  My sister has the TiiCo engine conversion in her '87 and she wanted me to post a question to anyone who has or who...
• Re: Replacement AFM technology
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:52:52 -0700
  I agree, $700 is too much money....I'd rather spend that towards a Subie conversion myself But for WBX owners, perhaps the collective...
• Engine Conversion for sale soon
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:55:19 -0500
  I will be finishing up an 2003 Subie 2.5 engine conversion in a vanagon in the next week or so. I would like...
• Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Mary Beth Wayne
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:37:03 -0500
  Hi, I was wondering if anyone on the list knew anything about this conversion kit with information at http://www.tiico.com/prod04.htm...
• Problems with 5 cyl. conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:33:45 -0700
  Recently, I met with a list member who has done several wasserboxer to Audi 5 cylinder conversions. I gathered that this is a difficult...