Take a serious look at Bob Donalds' work at Boston Engine
(http://www.bostonengine.com).

I took a trip to Bob's shop in March to pick up a rebuilt 2.1 waterboxer.  Here
are some pictures and thoughts from the trip:

http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/bostonengine/index.html

I haven't put the engine in yet, but I've heard from other folks who are
running Boston rebuilt engines and are sailing along.

-Karl

> i'm looking for info on who does the best rebuilds of 2.1's out there and
> what experience(s) anyone has had, both good and bad. also, what's the
> list's take on buying rebuilt heads (and the like) versus new?

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1987 Westfalia Weekender "Bev" - 198K Miles
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