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Subject:Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
From:Eric Zeno
Date:Tue, 6 Apr 2004 08:50:48 -0400

"Is this still basically the state of the art"

                  Good laugh!   BY FAR!  These are over priced complicated
Jap, junk.  IF they were so good it would have remained the same
engine design without change, for years and years.  Try an inline 4 Cyl.
VW engine.

                                               ERic

Patrick Bryson wrote:

>Marshall,
>You have asked an almost loaded question.  This is like asking who's wife is
>prettier.  For your own good, drive a couple examples of each swap if you
>are serious about finding the best conversion.  I drive a Subie conversion
>so you can guess my preference.
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>Best of luck
>Patrick
>Phoenix, AZ
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>On 4/6/04 3:11 AM, "Automatic digest processor" <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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>>Date:    Tue, 6 Apr 2004 01:07:24 -0500
>>From:    Marshall Ruskin <mjruskin@SHAW.CA>
>>Subject: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
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>>Hi Guys:
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>>It used to be that a lot of Vanagoners were putting the Subaru engine into
>>their vans, using the Kennedy Engineering kit.
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>>Is this still basically the state of the art - or has someone else come up
>>with a better solution?
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Marshall Ruskin
>>Winnipeg, Canada
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