John, it's always that first taste of twice the torque that makes you
just want to peg the speedo. :D
(i remember doing it to my old van when i had just finished the 3.4l
chevy v6 swap)

One thing about turbos, if you don't mind the exhaust out the side of
the van, you can always run a turbo on the left side under the van
(with adequate steel protection) with an unequal-length header.

Sudhir

On 5/18/07, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote:
> To Jim and Sudhir;
>    Jim;
>    It is far easier and cheaper, albeit heavier, to add 2 cylinders than a
> turbo in the Subie Vanagon world.
>
>    Sudhir;
>    I did hit the trip reset button on the bottom of my Westy speedo in my
> Westy when it was first SVXed.  It was accelerating as hard at 115 as it
> was at 65.  Only the reset buttom, and the shrinking of my gonads, kept me
> from going far faster.
>
>    John
>    Vanaru.com
>