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Subject:[subaruvanagon] Re: new member\cooling system bleeding\mufflers\etc.
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:27:21 +1200

>Just one question, what will you do for brakes on the splitty!!!!
>No need to answer (as OT and we will get told off!!!)
>
>Si
>--- In subaruvanagon@y..., "wildvanagon" <pldukehart@n...> wrote:
>also i am
>>  contemplating installing a 2.2 turbo motor into my 1966 vw21 window
>>  van complete with a/c and real heat.  the only other vw vehicle that
>>  will have a german motor in it will be my 1961 crew cab which i am
>in
>  > the process of restoring with a 1941cc motor.

He can fit a Bay front suspension (I think it's a bolt-on) with its
discs (71 & later got bigger discs than the 70 Bay). Get rid of the
swingaxle IRS and replace it with a CV setup, with an aftermarket
rear-disc kit.

This is my dream vehicle... with an EG33 SVX engine, of course!
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
Friends don't let friends do Windows

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