I swapped emails off list with a man in AK who has a V6 GM motor (if I
remember correctly), a V6 anyway, in his Syncro. The pix he sent me told me
he used it in rough, dirty, muddy conditions there, to go fishing, etc. I
don't even remember what the list thread was that prompted me to pmail him
but I think it had something to do with engines, like this thread is. This
was in the last 6 weeks to 2 months.
bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Delanty" <laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???

> At 05:09 PM 7/24/2004, John Rodgers wrote:
>
> >The V-6 installation has ben done. I can't remember if it was Ron
> >Lussier or Sudhir Desai, but one of those two guys did that
> >installation. The biggest drawback to the V-6 was you had to be really
> >careful if it was coupled to a manual tranny. One fast getaway at the
> >light, and no more tranny. Actually, I think it was a pretty good combo,
> >as long as you were light on the foot and treated the machine decently -
> >no fast getaways.Apparently those fast getaways really would wipe out
> >the trannies.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >John Rodgers
> >88 GL Driver
> -------------------------
>
> Yeah, the VW tranny probably isn't real comfortable with 250 ft lbs
> on a regular basis, especially in 1st and 2nd gear....
> You probably wanna talk with Daryl at AA, or someone else, about
> tranny upgrades before playing that game....
> Improved engine reliability is NO good if you can't keep a tranny
> behind it..............
>
> I still wanna know what the GM 4.3 weighs. A metric shitload more
> than the subie 3.3 I'll guess.... but it's just a guess. Anyone got
> any real numbers?
>
> Steve
> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
> '84 Westy "Yard Furniture"
> '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
>