

| Subject: | South African Engine Conversion |
| Date: | Thu, 11 May 2000 17:46:35 EDT |
Well, I haven't said anything on the list about this before now but I am getting ready to do a 4-cylinder in-line engine conversion from South Africa (www.tiico.com). It is going into a customer's '84 Westy. The kit arrived in a crate today. All I can say is that it looks every bit as good in person as it does on the website. Everything is new, and stock VW. I mean the intake made specifically for this engine in a Vanagon application is worth it's weight in gold to me (that is what makes this conversion look stock). Only down side so far is that apparantly some salt water leaked into the container on the long trip from SA and the block got a little rusty. All the cad plated fasteners, etc are still new looking as is anything else that was painted with some nicer paint. Besides that all the stuff arrived in good order and it looks like it is going to be a really simple and nice conversion. I'll be posting pictures, and more to the List as I get on with the conversion (have to get the customer's van down here first). Just FYI, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16 Phone: (856)-765-1583 Shop: (856)-327-0027 Fax: (856)-327-2242
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