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Subject:Re: Boston Bob Engine
From:ROBERT DONALDS
Date:Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:13:58 -0400

Stan
Jake does not due WBX engines as far as I know. I do align bore alot air
cooled type 2 cases for him
Bob Donalds
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Boston Bob Engine

> John: Please list the alternates of a Boston Bob engine.
> Seems that it is very seldom that anybody buys anything else besides a
> Boston Bob engine for a WB.
> Larry Chase bought an engine that had serious breakdowns after 12,000
miles.
> A recent post really blasted APV.
> Who are other sources of WB engines???
> Just out of curiosity I'd like to know if a list member has ever bought a
> Jake Raby engine.
> I'm on several Porsche list and I have never found anybody that has bought
> from him.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Smith" <johns3539@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Boston Bob Engine
>
>
> > I'm looking for qualitative information here, not just a simple poll.
> I've
> > spent countless hours looking through the archives, and have come to a
> > general concensus about who's pro and who's against.  I'm looking for
> > feedback from folks that have had it for various lengths of time.   This
> > kind of info is not in the archives.  In fact, there's tons of
discussion
> > on the instalation and the first few thousand miles of Boston Bob
engines,
> > but not a whole lot after 10k-50k.  That's what I'm most interested in.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John