You guys are annoying. You have the skills, space, time, knowhow and
determination to actually pull off an engine upgrade. The list needs to
be broken down into two halves. "Weenies" (like me) who think that
replacing upper ball joints is big time mechanic work, and "Big Dogs"
who laugh -- laugh, I tell you! -- at such twinkie work.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

Sudhir Desai typed:
> I would differ on the Audi V6 being the ONLY one that fits in the
> Vanagon. However, I would agree with the fact that some work is
> involved(no bolt-and-go).
>
> My old van with the 2.8L Chevy V6 fit (with some scraping of the
> deck-lid insulation, and without spacing the engine carrier lower)
>
> I'm sure any 90-degree V6 would fit fine(since the 60-degree V6 fit
> with some clearancing), considering the width would never exceed that
> of the flat-4.
>
> Just my $.02 worth.
> Sudhir
>
> On 5/2/07, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Mitsubishi patented, in the early 80's, a counterbalancing shaft for
>> I-4's to eliminate the nasty second harmonic I-4s produce.  They
>> charged a
>> fortune for the license and thus only Porsche ever paid them to use it
>> (944).  The patent is now expired and I believe many companies now use
>> it.  You are seeing much larger I-4's in the last couple of years:2.4-2.5
>> liters are getting common. I-4's are going to get larger, and better.
>>      The only modern V6 that fits, almost, into a Vanagon is the Audi/VW
>> V6. It is very doable but the engines are expensive and not available in
>> nearly large enough numbers to support 10 conversions a month.
>>
>>     John
>>     Vanaru.com
>>
>