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Subject:Re: ? ENGINE SWAPS - TORQUE CURVES & WEIGHTS ?
From:Rico Sapolich
Date:Thu, 7 Sep 2000 07:05:33 EDT

Well, like everyone else who has been or will be, I am to the point where I
must do something about the WBX and I want to do it before I have to get a
rebuild from whomever can ship it the soonest.  I have no particular fondness
for the WBX since it looks like a design solution with a bunch of "as builts"
all over its drawing.  But, VW did do their damnedest to get it to run down
the road.

Before I can decide whether or not a conversion has a good chance of being
acceptable, I need two bits of data:
1/  In road trim, what are the weights of the 3 main lumps being considered;
i.e., the WBX, the Subaru 2.2 and the VW I4 ?
2/  Where can I find somewhat accurate torque vs. RPM graphs for these
engines?

Thanks,
Rich

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