"No
oil leaks, no smoke, no fires, and no nasty noises"

                        And no heat.... if this motor is air cooled.
I guess where you live this isn't a problem?
                                                  Eric

Bruce Nadig wrote:

> Not a Chevy, but much more appropriate for a Vanagon, I just finished the
> engine/transmission phase of my Project Vanagon. Last week marked the day
> the Vincent passed the 1,000 mile mark since I replaced the 2.1 wbx
> with a
> 3.2 liter Porsche flat-6 and G50 5-speed.
>
> Considering the scope of this undertaking, I was shocked, amazed, and
> thrilled that we had no problems whatsoever in the first thousand
> miles. No
> oil leaks, no smoke, no fires, and no nasty noises. I thought that for
> sure
> something would go wrong! Yesterday we did a valve adjustment on him
> and I
> hope to make it to the dyno sometime in the next few weeks.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
> motorbruce
> motorbruce@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>> From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>> Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Other Engine Swaps
>> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:37:14 -0500
>>
>> There are Subie swaps, and a variety of inline-4 swaps, but I am
>> wondering if there are any Chevy V-6 swaps that are currently out there.
>> I can't remember for sure, but either Sudhir Desai or Ron Lussier one
>> had such a conversion. But I am wondering if anyone else ever did it,
>> and if there is any info on thos swaps.
>>
>> Anyone???
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Rodgers
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