Welcome to the vanagon list Kenneth.

http://www.tiico.com/

That might be a good place to take a look if you're considering the
conversion to I4. I currently have one in my '87 Syncro Westy and like it
very much. I've only had the van for 2K and the engine has a little over 6K
on it. No problems as yet. They have some exhaust vibration/resonance issues
that may bother you and may degrade your exhaust system welds, but you'll be
reading much more about that from others here. There appears to be a fix in
the "fabricating" and I'll forward you the email given me by Ed, the man who
has done this.
I had a '91 Westy with the a/t and it was very strong and reliable. It had
just over 100K when I sold it. Some of the threads here indicate use of
engines with as much as 150 hp using the a/t without trouble, but I'm not
any kind of expert there.
The width of the floor is 50" and about that square. The bed takes up 15" of
that when folded out, leaving about 35" between the bed end and the bulkhead
or front of floor. I am only supposing but, a lift device likely attaches to
the out and underside of the vehicle so would not impact this interior
space, but the wheelchair would. The bed is easily folded down so your chair
would have turning space if you entered with the bed in the "bench-seat"
position.
Just my $.02.

Best to you,

Bob Stevens

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