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Subject:Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:28:49 +1300

>Will a standard upright 1600 fit into an
>aircooled vanagon?  I know the obvious
>shortcomings--losing 10-20 hp, oil filter, alum
>case, Raby says the T4 engine is bulletproof,
>etc-- and that most everyone would recommend
>against this, but I just gotta know.  Other than
>fabricating cooling tin, what else must be done?

Fergit the 1600. Go for a 36hp 1200.
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut