I believe the main hassle in doing this is that the vanagon transmission is
supported in the rear by being mounted to the engine.  The upright's tranny
is rear-mounted to the chassis, which also holds the engine up.  An upright
in a vanagon would drag on the ground unless you fabricated a crossover bar
to hold it up, or lots of bungees.
Don't know if the vanagon support will fit under a 1600 case or not.

Sean

on 12/15/02 3:36 PM, Nemo, Bus Captain      at nemobuscaptain@YAHOO.COM
wrote:

> 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?
>
>
> Similar vein:  there were some threads about
> converting the wasserboxer case to an aircooled
> engine.  Is the upright 1600 fan used?  What
> other upright components are used?
>
> Thanks,
> Ray
>
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