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Subject:Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
From:Jim Akiba
Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:34:53 -0400

Ha, but that's not right. I'm a hybrid... Japanese father, German mother

Akiba/Egelhoff

So Japanese/German engine assembled in the US maybe?

Jim Akiba

On 7/18/07, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:
> Sure, the American engine just hops out on the first chance they get. Pretty
> unreliable. Try a Japanese engine. Probably more reliable and lighter.
>
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Akiba
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:47 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
>
> We don't need wbxs, subies, or zetecs...
>
> Now's a great time to showcase Bostig's newest conversion. Here's a
> video of the prototype:
>
> http://www.bostig.com/files/bostig_bio-fueled_vanagon.wmv
> (7mb)
> chief engineer assigned to the project: Fred F.
>
> Let me know if anyone wants in on the first install group.
>
> Jim Akiba
>