Actually the gas-powered 2.5i was the stock engine in the late model Vanagons (Caravelles) in South Africa, predating the new Jettas & Rabbits.

Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote:  Hi Dennis,

Your running a little late. There are several on the net, and I've done
two! Not quite as easy as a 1.8 in-line, but still simple enough.

Howard

>Subject: 2.5 five

> Now that the 2.5 litre 5 cyl. seems to be the base engine in Jettas and
> Rabits!...How long do you all think it will be before one of these engines
> finds it's way into the back of a VANAGON?

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