Well, that is nice.  I have put well over 200K on my VW 16-valve engine.  My
friend clocked 227K on his '85 8-valver.  Both engines were abused during
our career as pizza-delivery speed demons.  Both motors saw more or less
regular engine oil changes and that's it!  Not to mention, both cars are
still running a few years after we sold them.  Don't ask a Subaru to beat
that.

Dear VW fanatics.  You have to think in future terms.  There are not many
Vanagons left.  Many will succumb to rust.  Few others to accidents.  A few
will get converted to God-knows-what motor.  Others will suffer for whatever
'modifications.'  That will leave precious few original Vanagons on the road
for someone to admire.

It's your money.  The more you convert, the more my Vanagon will be worth.

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Hamm <ldhamm@xmission.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...

> Robert Lilley wrote:
> >
> > I think that those who want convert to another engine generally are
looking for a "quick fix" to their engine problems and are just IGNORANT of
what is out there for the VW Vanagon in T4 and WBX engine performance
enhancements that work and LAST.
> >
>
> Bob,
> When you've got 200k on your engine, you can come back and tell us how
> it LASTS. Until then, you're just hoping. We Subaru devotees KNOW our
> engines will last, and we didn't spend anywhere near what you did. Mine,
> with 30k, cost $800, and the pieces from KEP I needed to install it
> brought the total to $2000. I can buy about three more of these engines
> before I wind up spending what your engine cost; lessee, that's about,
> umm, a million miles worth!
> Larry