Somebody has been reading my mind.  I spent the last couple of weeks
thinking about putting a WBX in a Beetle or a Squareback.  The motor should
bolt right up to the T1 tranny.  It is a T1-type case.  Instead of machining
the jackets off you can leave the water cooling intact.  Rig a low-profile
radiator under the Beetle's decklid.  You would have to manage the hot-air
flow somehow to keep the radiator cooling efficiently.  Maybe mount the
radiator on the firewall and block it off so that it only sucks air from the
vent beneath the rear window.  You may have to run a dual-carb setup since I
don't think the fuel injectors would clear the engine compartment.  Leave
your A/C compressor on, mount an under-dash unit.  You now have a 95 HP
Kick-ass Beetle with A/C.

For the Squareback maybe dual radiators mounted in the air-ducts in front of
the rear bumper.

Oh, the air-cooled purists must be turning red by now!  Wait, I am one!

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: John Reynolds <kayakjr@juno.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 9:22 PM
Subject: Wasserboxer into a T1 into a Vanagon

> Robert,
>
>         Would this be a goog engien for an air cooled Vanagon?  ie.  can
the tin
> be worked out without too much, if any, fabricating?
>
> John Reynolds
>
>
> Date:    Sat, 12 Aug 2000 01:32:02 EDT
> From:    Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: Wasserboxer into a T1?
>
> ---SNIP---Patrick,
> Converting the WBX to air-cooled is done in Germany and South America so
> I
> have heard.
> It is simple, cut the water jackets off and bolt on 94 mm T1 pistons and
> heads.---SNIP---