The "Best" way" is a KEP adapter.  With this you get a bigger
clutch.  Diesel bell housing is only avaliable at 51 Deg. installation.
unlike the KEP adapter. Air cooled tranaxle will do you not good.
                                    Eric

T Berk wrote:

> I understand it's the Diesel transaxle that makes it possible to use an
> inline four block in Vanagons.
>
> With that in mind, is it any easier to start with an early air cooled or
> later water cooled Vanagon and just adding the nessesary parts?
>
> Or is starting w/ a diesel Vanagon the best way to end up with a two
> liter inline-4 block?
>
>
> tia,
> TBerk
>
>