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Subject:Last post about Engine transplants...
From:Don Hanson
Date:Fri, 4 May 2007 13:52:54 -0700

Anyone heard of a 944 turbo motor being installed into a Vanagon?  Got me thinking, while replacing my headgasket...That is a problem the 944 turbo guys have often...I have a complete low mileage Turbo motor sitting in my shop, that I got to put into a 944 chassis I own.  But the chassis has a non-stock body, making the whole install kinda a break even deal when I finished it...so I have been ignoring that lump of plastic wrapped metal under my workbench, and I can't even SEE the car from here, it being out behind my hay shed...
  Certainly would be a powerful Van...And the blowing headgaskets is usually a result of race guys turning the boost too high to pass a 928, or something..hee hee.
  Don Hanson