Yep.    That was me....

jimt wrote:

>On 12/4/04 3:33 AM, "Jeff Oxroad" <Oxroad@AOL.COM> wrote:
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>>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.)
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>>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.)
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>>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
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>>ready to upgrade the Fox in about 6 months for another daily driver what about
>>swapping the Fox engine into my Vanagon.
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>>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?
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>>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.
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>>Seems I read Ben T has a Fox engine in a bus--maybe (?)
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>>I'm just kicking around the idea at this point, but any comments welcome.
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>>Best,
>>Jeff
>>83.5 Westfalia
>>LA,CA
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>New I still had this link buried in some of my stuff.  Hard to read screen
>with the authors choice of colors though
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>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/swap.htm
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>He used a fox engine.
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>jimt
>Planned insanity is best.
>Remember that sanity is optional.
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