On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Mike Noble wrote:

> What is required to convert a watercooled vanagon to aircooled (assuming the
> running aircooled engine is available).  It seems a little too easy to just
> remove the watercooled engine and associated parts and put in the aircooled
> engine.

The trick is you'll need a "complete" engine, including all the tinware
and fuel injection parts.  Most engines are not sold this way, so you'd
probably need a donor aircooled van to take the stuff out of.  You'll also
need the exhaust and all the heater parts; they're different for obvious
reasons.  There's probably other stuff I'm not thinking of, but those are
the first obstacles you'll have to overcome.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si