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Subject:Re: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby aircooled motor take note ..
From:S.Harrison
Date:Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:08:35 -0800

Apparently Raby is not building Type IVs for *Vanagons* any longer, that is
why I stated the context in which the message was written. Never said he was
out of the Type IV business.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net>
To: "S.Harrison" <diverseimaging@EARTHLINK.NET>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:13 PM
Subject: RE: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby aircooled
motor take note ..

> Don't kid yourself, Jake Raby is going full bore with all types of Type IV
> projects.
> http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/Home_Page.htm
>
> Stan Wilder
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of S.Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:13 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby aircooled
> motor take note ..
>
>
> Saw this on a VW message board, and while I would have liked to spend many
> thousands of dollars on a 2.0l Type IV motor, it looks like that check
won't
> be made out to Jake Raby for his much-lauded engines. AVP and Boston Bob
...
> the pickings get slimmer.
>
> To put this in context, it was in answer to a thread asking why Vanagons
are
> so underpowered. Here ya go, don't shoot the messenger:
>
>
> "Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:24 pm
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ----
>
> The engineers were high. worst TIV ever made. Worst gearing ever made.
They
> are way too heavy for a stock 2.0 aircooled engine.
>
> I finally got to the point where we don't do them anymore.. Too much
> liability
> _________________
> Jake Raby
> Raby's Aircooled Technology
>
>