

| Subject: | Re: 5 cylinder kits from overland |
| From: | Eric Zeno |
| Date: | Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:44:45 -0500 |
$5.50 / Gallon Y I K E S!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm busting a gut at
$1.60 / Gallon.
ERic
Tony Polson wrote:
>Joe Federici wrote:
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>>I'm in the process of looking into motor replacement
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>options for my
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>>syncro adventurewagen. I'd like to ask some questions to
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>someone
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>>running the 5 cylinder kits from overland. Pro's, con's,
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>would you
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>>do it again.
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>Hi Joe,
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>On February 7 I will collect my "new" South African 1995 VW
>Caravelle 2.6i with the 5-cylinder Audi engine. It's not a
>conversion, it's the real thing, but I believe the Overland
>conversion is very closely based on it.
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>I will be pleased to post some reports about it on the List
>over the coming months, if anyone is interested.
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>I have only had one hour's test drive so far, but it seems
>to have outstanding power and torque. With 145 bhp it is
>significantly more powerful than the 112 bhp 2.1 WBX, and
>hopefully it will also be more reliable long term. Fuel
>consumption might be a problem for me; here in the UK I have
>to pay about US $5.50 per US gallon of unleaded.
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>But I'll let you know how it goes.
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>Tony
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