Hi Mike,

Here are five possible options to fit the constraints described:

1. Get used to slow trips up long grades.
2. Wear less clothing, or lighter clothing.
3 Tint the windows and drive nekkid!
4. Carry less cargo. (lighten the load)
5. Don't travel in warm weather.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 29-Jun-06, at 1:33 PM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott wrote:

> If a fellow had a 1.9l WBX -- an engine that labors mightily when
> climbing long grades in hot weather -- and if his Westy didn't have
> A/C
> . . . and if that fellow was wondering about beefier engines and
> climate
> control . . . and if he once managed to change out the engine in
> his 71
> VW bus, but doesn't care to change out another engine in his life
> unless
> at gunpoint . . . what options are available to that fellow? (Other
> than
> selling his Vanagon and buying another, I mean?)