Brian,

I have had the opportunity to work on both types of conversions, and just
this week finished a Tiico 2.0 conversion for a customer. In my opinion, the
Subaru conversion, while the parts can be had for less, is going to cause
lots of headaches to 'get everything right', while the inline conversion
(ala Tiico) is well thought out and complete, mainly because this is the way
they are done by VW South Africa, and also previously in the European diesel
and turbodiesel vans. Look for a complete post from me later this week
detailing my thoughts on the Tiico conversion.

Karl Mullendore
Westy Ventures
1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9TD

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> hi-  i have a dead vanagon- was a 1.9, has no core. i was thinking of
> converting it. the subaru kit sounds interesting- but so does the i4 kit.
> anybody have any opinions on this? anybody out there with a working subaru
> conversion want to tell me about it?  sorry purists, but without a core i
> dont think a rebiult wasserboxer is an option/ although maybe one from
boston
> bob would be ok. help!