> I've come close to driving these two vehicles. I drove Ray Hunnam's Subaru
> conversion and my van is upgraded with the ECU chip, MSDS intake, and
Stebro
> turbo muffler. No ratio rockers or Lilly mods though, didn't want to push
it
> with my old engine.

The difference without the chip and rockers I would bet is less than
impressive.  With those mods you'll see a lot of difference.  Not really a
fair comparison.

Mick
Hilo, Hawaii

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark McCulley <transporter99@hotmail.com>
To: <smithtj@nbnet.nb.ca>; <hotlava@interpac.net>
Cc: <Syncro@yahoogroups.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Re: hi-lift rockers

> >From: Tim Smith <smithtj@nbnet.nb.ca>
> >To: "Mick Kalber" <hotlava@interpac.net>
> >
> >Great response!  Now.....  has anyone driven one of these
> >vans AND a Subaru converted edition.  It's $3000 for a Subaru
> >conversion, vs. say $700 for chip/rockers and NO engine removal
> >even! Labour factor is trivial.
> >
>
> I've come close to driving these two vehicles. I drove Ray Hunnam's Subaru
> conversion and my van is upgraded with the ECU chip, MSDS intake, and
Stebro
> turbo muffler. No ratio rockers or Lilly mods though, didn't want to push
it
> with my old engine.
>
> The Subaru conversion really goes--plenty of power across the rpm range in
> all gears. It's like a different vehicle. Note that Ray has the 6-cylinder
> XT6 engine and his van is a Transporter and weighs substantially less than
> my syncro Westfalia.
>
> The improvements to my 2.1l are incremental but noticeable and worth the
> expense I think. There's quite a bit more power in the high end (no prob
> cruising at 75mph on a flat freeway now). It's still not what you would
call
> zippy though ;)
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Mark McCulley
> Seattle WA
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