

| Subject: | Re: converting a 2.1 to 1.9 |
| From: | Mike Morley |
| Date: | Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:04:57 -0400 |
Greetings! I did a conversion of 1.9 to 2.1 back in May. I bought a Boston Engine 2.1l 1.9l equivalent engine. http://www.bostonengine.com/ I was very impressed with the quality of the engine and with the help and phone support Bob gave me during the install process. It took me 4 days to do the whole thing, although I think you could do it in 3: I was working pretty slowly. The engine now has 10,000km (6200 miles) on it and is running very smoothly. I live in Alberta, and am an avid mountain biker, so all the driving I do is long distance, high altitude punctuated with long/large hills... I just returned from a 2000km (1200 miles) run out to Whistler BC and back, which was the real test. That trip takes you up Golden pass, Rogers pass and the notorious Duffy Lake Road...The engine ran great for the entire trip: even with the steep climbs and hot weather( temperatures getting up into the 40c (104f) range through Kamloops/Lilooet/Pemberton). I documented the entire engine removal/parts swap, install and other related van adventures on my photography site: http://www.cloakofcarrot.com Detailed photographs of the installation and photos of the van in various locations in the mountains are here: http://www.cloakofcarrot.com/gallery/1985Westfaliavanengineinstallation I am still running the original air intake system, since I didn't have access and have not found an available 2.1l intake system as yet, so I am probably not getting quite the full power out of the engine that I could. I installed a K&N air filter though, and that made quite a large difference in performance - especially on hills. If I do manage to track one down though its on my list of things I would like to do to the van. For my latest van project, I just finished installing the Vanagain.com gastank and fuel supply fix kit, which has worked great - no more leaky lines/gaskets around the tank. Next project will be the front passenger heater core, which I disconnected/bypassed when I did the engine install as it was leaking. Since it was summer, I didn't feel like taking apart the dashboard at the same time as tearing down the old engine - one major project at a time! So I just put in a bypass hose that took it out of the cooling loop until I get around to diving in and replacing the heater core..Which will have to be before november - gets pretty darn cold here in the winter!
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