I got to take one for a spin... the van was loaded up
with 5 guys and felt like it had loads of torque.  It
really was a quality driving vanagon.  It had all
sorts of suspension mods to give you more of a
"sporty" feel, which does bias the seat in those
pants, and also had a custom gear ratio 5-sp
transmission which i think also does wonders for
making a van feel like it has more power.  Also, i
think the test model was an even higher displacement
than the one you quoted (2.4L with a 10:1 CR, i
think...)

Having said all that, it pulled strong off of idle and
seemed to have a nice, wide power band.

91 octane, though...$$$

It does use all stock FI parts, which is probably a
good thing for future mechanics down the line...

Overall, it seemed a good candidate (but i have not
driven any conversions at all - just a BusLab 2.2wbx
and a Go Westy big daddy engine)
-Damon

--- SyncroWesty <SyncroWesty@ATTBI.COM> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any direct experience with the
> performance Waterboxer longblocks being offered by
> Go Westy these days?  I cannot find any info in the
> archives.
>
> I quoted the description of the engine below.  The
> link is:
>
>
http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=gw&Product_Code=GVW-2268cc&Category_Code=mp-eng-rbe
>
>
> Thanks for any and all input.
>
> Cory

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'84 Westy (Sparky)
'65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma)

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