Sounds great Ben ---- are you bringing it to BusFusion?

Cheers,
Doug

On 5/3/07, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> What to say?
>
> First, i wanna thanks Hans and john from Vanaru for putting a "exemplary"
> conversion/engine together, i think it's simply perfect. And it's comming
> from a guys that save wasser engine each day. It's not because i know Hans
> or neither because i will make money out of that, at all, my comments are
> comming from a Varagon driver. It took me/us less time to put that
> conversion (i don't like that word no more, it should be call: a engine
> upgrade, or option ) in the van than it sometime take me to put back a
> wasser in. Worse, the Vanaru engine fit's better, yea, pure and simple.
> It's
> what VW should have design for that great van.
>
> Many are afraid of conversion, they think it not normal or impossible that
> another engine company could be fitted nicely in their van/car, but it's
> just mechanical part fiited ON mechanical parts, everything is posible if
> done the right way, but this is far better than the right way, it's meant
> to
> be there. Thanks to Vanaru for building the perfect Vanagon engine
> replacement, thre is so much nice little details in that conversion that
> it's simply amzing.
>
> Today, we put the rest of the stuff in, that superb harness, the air
> filter
> neck ant unit, the side shield... what else??? bah, i few small thing, i
> was
> taking my time to observe all the nice "fitting" details that Vanaru as
> done
> to make a Subaru engine fit PERFECTLY in that engine bay and onto the
> transmission. So much details... men, those guys made the perfect kit!
> Yeas,
> there is a few companie out there that do conversion, we all know that
> Kenedy and Small car built most of the parts... but Vanaru made it perfect
> and easy to install, it's a REAL TURN-KEY, no joke here. Now, you go buy
> parts from all those maker, put them together, find a GOOD donor
> car/engine,
> take everyting you need out (are you sure you have enverything?), now put
> it
> together the right way, with the right torque on each bolt... now, fit it
> in
> the van... good luck. Those guys did all the reserch and work for you, try
> and re-try, tested, start again. test again... men, i will call that
> "engine
> perfection".
>
> Affer a small road test this afternoon, i sent Hans away... go relax my
> friend, i don't nned you no more... i had to fix a few little thing, a
> little more bleeding, the ALT light still on (easy fix), one hose was not
> perfectly install (my mistake)... bah, small stuff, i felt the van was
> ready. So i went home and had diner.... and i said to my girlfriend... ok,
> im going for a ride, the real test.
>
> I starded the van, vroummm.... 1200 rpm, 1000, 900, 650... steady, no
> vibration what so ever. Smooth like hell. What a pleasure to listen to...
> nothing! Just a smooth humming, so just for fun, i reved the engine just
> to
> listen to it... so you know what, it does make a VW Wasser sound, no, it's
> a
> "perfect" Waer-Boxer sound. The RPM needle is "STILL" at 650, it simply
> dosen't move. The first feeling i had was strange, at each stop light, it
> though that the engine had stall!!! he he he.. no sound, no vibration...
> nothing, but IT was running, steady at 650! So i went... full moon, nice
> spring weather... nice feeling. I took  the highway... and yea, of course,
> a
> big rig is comming on the right lane.. time to try that Subi... i just
> push
> the accelerator and bang!!! i was way in front of that rig at 75mph at
> about
> 4000rpm, so i went... to 95mph easy, dargn!!! this thing keep pushing...
> slow down bro.. but the van felt just right even at that speed, of course,
> my van as 90% new parts so it feel... new, but i didn't know that a
> Vanagon
> could be so steady and feel so solid, even a those speed. So i came back
> slowly, hoping for some little troubles after such a tranformation, but
> nothing, just a steady pleasant drive at 65mph, temp needle in the middle,
> no light, nothing. So i stop near the St-Laurent river on the south shore
> of
> Montreal, nice view of the bridge, the city, a big boat passing throught,
> the full moon, some light music.... after 10 minutes, i realise that the
> engine was still runing... so i stoped it, went back to see if everything
> was ok... open the hatch... nothing, simply nothing.
>
> So for those who are scared and/or are purist, i'm sorry that you had to
> reed that. For the other's, i hope you have enjoy, and if you ever thing
> about a conversion instead of re-bulding your wasser.. think twice about
> where you should put your money.
>
> I have way more pictures commingm and tomorrow, i will do a test drive
> video, but for now, i will callit off.
>
> Regards, Ben
> http://www.benplace.com/85westy_2_mecanique2.htm
>

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