In defense of Eurospec:

After almost 35 000 miles on the conversion I have to report a lot less
problems than 35 000 miles with the original waterboxer. Yes, the droning
was a problem, as well as lose exhaust bolts, and the starter motor. Some
exhaust pipe connections have now been welded together, which took care of
the droning ( so it was not the engine mounts, but the exhaust)and the
starter motor no. 3 will be wrapped soon.
For anybody who wants reliability and performance , who wants cruising in a
fully loaded Westy incl.Thule weekender rooftop carrier at 85mph for 800
miles a day, third gear up to 70 mph, at 20mpg, the inline four is the way
to go TiiCo or Eurospec. If you are a purist stay with the original.
I travel with two little kids to remote areas of this wonderful country, and
I can't afford to break down. My summers are too short (three months) to
spent time in the shop. And I want to drive my Westy everyday for another 20
years. All this justifies a 6000$ conversion pricetag, I believe. If my wife
ever found out how much money I have spend on my Westy!!!!????????Anyway,

Cheers,
Hermann de Boer
87 Westy GL
Kansas City

-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Tan
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: 8/27/00 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: TiiCo engine vs. Eurospec

Yesterday, while Tassi, Inc. in Colma, I spotted a Eurospec converted on
the
lift. It's not uncommon to see this in Tassi's shop because they did
quite a
few of them for Eurospec. I noticed an extra angle iron bracket welded
to the
left side engine carrier equipped with what appeared to be a Golf engine
mount. Asked the guy who did the  conversions, he said that this
customer had
complained about excessive noise after the conversion. They tried every
such
thing including a custom exhaust pipe which which seems to satisfy most
other
customers. No luck with this guy until this engine mount solution.
Apparently
this did the trick. BTW, this thing was equipped w/ an OXS.

In a message dated 8/27/00 2:06:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mark_hb@hotmail.com writes:

<< Sorry to be so ignorant - but does this have anything to do with the
 eurospec being a composite engine???>>

In a message Stephen Arbaugh <sneakers@oz.net>

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