Jim,

Sorry to come out of left field, and probably a dumb question... but if the engines are $200
used, why is your kit ~$8000? Is it a new engine instead? Do you sell the parts to allow one to
convert a Vanagon using a $200 engine? Just curious...

On 19 Apr 2007 at 20:23, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/2v8bcc
>
> That's true $600 IS 3 times $200. But that doesn't mean that the engines in
> general are 3 times the price... they aren't. I'm just showing you yet another
> example of something you can't get with the ABA. You won't find 30 of them for
> $600 shipped, all with under 8k miles on them. And for the $200, the ABA will
> still have way higher mileage. Sorry about the long link. Actually it would be
> much more helpful for me to see what you mean if you go to car-part.com and
> lookup what you're talking about and tinyurl the link to me... pmail perhaps
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdooley [mailto:psdooley@VERIZON.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: In praise of VW inline fours
>
> Jim- check out http://tinyurl.com
> The link you gave below is not click-able.
>
> $600 is still three times $200..
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Akiba
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:55 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: In praise of VW inline fours
>
> Here you go:
>
> <http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?userSearch=int&userPID=1000&user
> Location=All+States&userIMS=&userInterchange=F%3DB%40N&userSide=&userDate=20
> 01&userDate2=2001&dbModel=27.20.1.1&userModel=Ford%20Focus&dbPart=300.1&user
> Part=Engine&sessionID=234400624&userPreference=price&userUID=0&userBroker=&i
> Key=&userPage=75>
>
> Page 75 of 101 of results.
>
> Our average price paid is $600 shipped to boston, all less than 8k miles
> across 30 engines so far, that is very hard to find in anything else.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdooley [mailto:psdooley@VERIZON.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:50 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: In praise of VW inline fours
>
> That's a pretty generic link.
>
> I poked around but could only find zetecs in the $1000 price range.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Akiba
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:01 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: In praise of VW inline fours
>
> Yeah you can, and with less miles.
>
> www.car-part.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdooley [mailto:psdooley@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:25 PM
> To: 'Jim Akiba'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: In praise of VW inline fours
>
> The zetec sounds like a nice engine.
> Too bad you can't buy for $200 like the ABA.

Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA