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Subject:New turbo Beetle engine conversion spotted!
From:Brent Christensen
Date:Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:46:30 -0700

Hey boys and girls - another one to make you start drooling...

I saw a Syncro today here in Santa Barbara at my mechanic's shop with a
fresh Beetle/A4 turbo
motor in it.  He is wrapping up the install and says he has about 50 hours
into it so far, not including the A/C and some other doo-dads (!).  VERY
cool-looking installation, however - hangs a bit low in the back (prolly
about 1-1/12"
lower than the lowest point on a stock installation.)  According to Mike
Corry (the owner of the shop) the original kit
parts came from Kennedy and David Marshall (Fast Forward); they had to cut
off David's motor mounts and fabricate new ones in order to make things
work.  I will hopefully take some pictures tomorrow afternoon.  It is really
nice-looking.  I'm hoping to do a profile story for Vanagon.com on it if I
can hook up with the owner for a
test drive and other stories.

I'll keep everyone posted...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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