On 12/4/04 3:33 AM, "Jeff Oxroad" <Oxroad@AOL.COM> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
New I still had this link buried in some of my stuff.  Hard to read screen
with the authors choice of colors though

http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/swap.htm

He used a fox engine.
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