Go back to the archives. I did wrote many reports and sent back lots
of pic on the SA Vanagons. (of course, this was in '98....boy I feel
like an old timer).

NOt only did I post the differences, but I photographed them too!

They are minor, the only reason to raise the deck on an Golf engine
is to install it upright. IF you can get a couple of diesel parts,
you can install it at an angle (like in a diesel) and no clearance
problems!.

James

>
>  >bus in SA has some differences but no one has ever posted that those
>>differences have limited their ability to put in any given engine or
>>transmission.
>>
>INCORRECT. There was some discussion that the engine lid in the SA
>Vanagon was higher (and who knows what else is different). Thus because
>an engine will fit in a SA Vanagon does NOT necessarily mean it will fit
>in a US Vanagon.
>Does the SA Vanagon have EXACTLY THE SAME emission controls as the US
>Vanagon? If not, is it not possible those may conflict with an SA
>engine?