jake,
you forgot to mention the 3.3liter 6 and the brand new 3.0 liter 6 :D

Sudhir

On 1/16/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> You know, when Dixie's motor went last summer I got a medium mileage WBX
> from a guy on the island who sold it to do a Subaru conversion. At the time
> I thought he was crazy to spend a fair amount of time and money on a used
> Subaru when he could buy a GoWesty! 2.2 for about the same money.
>       However, I have been hanging out on the SubaruVanagon List for a
> couple of months now, and when the present WBX goes, I'll be slipping a SOHC
> four valve per cylinder 2.5 litre Subaru motor in there. There is a page on
> the site with horsepower and torque graphs for the 2.1 VW, 2.2  and
> 2.5Subarus, and they are very convincing!  The WBX puts out 80 ft/lbs
> of torque
> at 3000 rpm, the 2.2 makes 120 and the 2.5 155!
>
>       Let us know which way you go, Rob.
>
>
> On 1/16/06, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I've been thinking of a conversion, don't have the money now but I
> > can still think about it.
> > My first thought is the Subaru conversion but yesterday I took a look
> > at the Tiico site http://www.tiico.com/ .
> >
> > Doing a conversion with a new engine has a certain appeal to me and
> > at $4500 it's not that much more than using a used Subaru engine.
> >
> > Has anyone done the Tiico conversion and cares to talk about it? I'm
> > on the Subaruvanagon list and everybody seems happy with the Subaru
> > conversion.
> >
> > Anyway like I said I'm thinking about it & looking for comments.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
> > becida@comcast.net
> > '87 Wolfsburg Vanagon in western WA
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>