Mike,

My first car was a Corvair (still have doors and hood form a 69 convertible - anyone want 
em'?). Loved it, still have a Uni-Syn that I'm going to put on a bookcase to quiz visitors on.  

I was going to put a Porsche 6 in, when a friend called to offer me his 86 Westfalia 
Weekender for a good deal  and since it was only 3,000+ miles away (we both live a couple 
of miles from the ocean, pacific and Atlantic), I bought the van.

 I have a friend who had many Porsche engines in various states and was going to let me 
assemble one and buy it for short money.  Only bad thing, beside cost of replacement parts 
is 6 carbs!  And god are those, even used, expensive. The Porsche world is so expensive, 
that one might as well go Subaru, except it nice to assemble a motor, complete with 
exhaust, bench test it (friend made up a a test stand) and then install it pretty much ready 
to go.  But I digress...

John
 

Well put!!  For more power and keeping it air cooled, you can't beat a 6 cyl Corvair for 
reliability and bang for the buck!  I know one other person who is doing this swap :)

But I digress, the speed in Vanagon suites me fine :)

All the best,
Mike