My water boxer has over 140 THOUSAND miles with no leaking problems.
Besides, I'd rather have a rebuild water boxer with some performance
improvements than a used Subaru engine.

Last time I went to a junk yard I saw more Subarus than Vanagons.

Chris.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Stan Wilder
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:03 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping

Sounds like someone should search out the Subaru List and see what their
gripes are about their engines and transmissions.
I'm still driving a really nice 83 Aircooled but I keep seeing these
great looking Waserboxers waiting to be crushed because of dead engines.
Stands to reason you could make a salvage yard a package offer to get
everything you need to put a Waserboxer back on the road with a Subaru
engine and come out cheaper than the VW rebuild route.

On Wed, 30 May 2001 10:37:55 EDT JordanVw@AOL.COM writes:
> In a message dated 5/30/01 9:50:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ChrisS@INFORMS.COM writes:
>
>
> > Why on earth would I want to put a Subaru engine in my Vanagon?  I
> can have
> > everything it offers, and so much more, by using VW parts.
> >
> > It's a rhetorical question.  No need to answer.
> >
>
> why?  hmmm   reliability?     what does the leaky vw wasserpisser
> offer?
> headaches and a empty wallet...and so much more (headaches)  :<)
> it is rhetorical.. the subaru engine is a smarter choice..   if you
> can do
> the conversion, its well worth it.    no need to answer :<)
> chris
>

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