I've got my little 93 VW Fox with the 1.8L in-line four cylinder with 80K.
(It's a CA emissions Fox for the record.)

I just looked up the blue book of the Fox in excellent condition and it lists
for, I think $1200, maybe $1500 retail. (I kind of blocked out the number
because it was so painfully low.)

The engine runs great, although has idled a little rough for my taste
(vibration) since I got the Fox at 50K three years ago. So I'm thinking when I'm
ready to upgrade the Fox in about 6 months for another daily driver what about
swapping the Fox engine into my Vanagon.

Is the Fox engine markedly different than the Jetta engine. I think they're
both 1.8 liter (?) If they're different any ideas why I wouldn't want the Fox
engine?

Sure I'd like to put a Subaru engine in there, but you see the Fox swap would
be cheaper, save me the hassle of selling the Fox and the sadness of
collecting a mere $1500 for it, if that. Truth is most of the Fox components don't
seem to want to go much beyond 100K. And maybe the engine feels the same way-so
not worth swapping.

Seems I read Ben T has a Fox engine in a bus--maybe (?)

I'm just kicking around the idea at this point, but any comments welcome.

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westfalia
LA,CA