The engine is cranked over at 50 degrees just like a diesel vanagon.
You need the same diesel stuff you would need for a gas-to-diesel
conversion: oil pan, bell housing, input shaft, hanger bars and
mounts. Probably some mounts, too, like vanagon diesel alternator
mounts. I understand it all bolts right into a bus with an VW inline
gas or diesel engine. I don't know how the transmission ratio works
out with the gas engine's torque curve, but I imagine a few on the
diesel list are familiar with it. I know it to be a good match with
the diesel. Then you'd have to run coolant lines up front and put in
a radiator, fan and shroud somehow and add relays, fuses  and
instruments. The engine would be the easy part.

Jim

On Feb 8, 2007, at 12:33 AM, Jeff Oxroad wrote:

> Thanks for the information.
>
> OK, so now that we've determined the engine, are any of the parts
> interchangeable with the Vanagon if one was doing a swap to an
> inline 4?
>
> The bell housing? The oil pan? The...anything? Or is it all different?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/7/2007 7:59:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dhaynes@optonline.net writes:
> Golf/Jetta I4!
>