Ben,
You have inspired me numerous times with your engine rebuilding and refining!
Everytime I see one of you dressed up boxers I want to do the same.
I have been pulling those motors and replacing with Subaru engines.
I have so many good parts floating around my shop to make a couple complete wassers.
Love the added color to the pipes and polished cases.
Nice job!
The next time I am up your way I would like to stop by your shop to check it out and meet you.

I am in Hudson, NY 12534, about 5 and a half hours south.

dylan

----- Original Message ----
From: Ben <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:08:23 AM
Subject: Re: Red Tornado Engine (ALT impoved bracket!)

Hi Ken
To use the Europe/BB ECU, because i have tons of spare/new Digijet
parts, not that much for Digifan.
Because i like Digijet, i have way less problem then the Digifan, well
at least for me!
Because parts are expensive on Digifan (up here, at least 30% more),
because the 2.1L exhaust system is almost twice the price, well up here
at least.
Because i like the 1.9L cooling system. �asy to bleed, easy to fix, less
expensive.
Because i have bleed over 50 vans last summer, all 1.9L were so easy, i
had problems bleeding  some 2.1L
Because i'm too lasy to change the wiring :-)

Why did i use a 2.1L engine... well, i have 9 sitting in the shop. Will
it explode because i have no oil cooler! maybe....  like i told Denis, i
did testing on many engines as to how hot they run core/oil wise, i did
so much testing (mostly on Air-cooled) on Bus and Vanagon.... my goal
was tu run a Air-Cool engine at 200-220F at 65mph and a head temp of
340F at the same speed, i have achived that, i tested 1.9L and 2.1L and
the 1.9L runs just slightly higher without an oil cooler (about 10F),
not much!

Cheers, Ben

Kenneth Lewis wrote:

> Ben,
> Why did you decide to use the 1.9L FI system? Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
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