>I am not an air cooled fan, I have a watercooled vanagon and think
>it's superior to the air heads. But in response to Ken about why
>they stopped making the air cooled engines, I think they just did
>not want to bother to improve them. How come Porche never had a
>problem with emissions

Huh? Do you see any more air-cooled Porsche engines in the US?
Porsche had the same problems with meeting US emission levels that VW
had. Same solution: go to water cooling and use higher combustion
temperatures.

>, and they never had a problem with making Horspower. I'll tell you
>I wish that VW had developed a 3.0L 6 waterboxer for the vanagon,
>I't would of been ideal. There I go again I am dreaming.

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Dave Carpenter

Whatever you wish for me,
May you have twice as much.