Ya as far as all this conversion jabbering and finger poking goes, I'll take
whatever someones got lying on the floor waiting to donate to my cause. Let
it be subaru, Let it be FORD, let it be VW, let it be a
bluebird-bus-engine......dont care. The fact of the matter is, they're all
better than the pathetic 1.9L That resides in the back of my car. So if you
guys want to fight and duke it out, fight to the death or whatever......can
i be first in the list of taking the winnings/loss from whoever dies first?
Of whoever's pulling one conversion to add another.......i'll pay shipping :
)

Ship any functional conversion to:
Craig Cowan
1234 Vanagon Drive
Pittsburgh PA, 12345

Also send unmarked checks in self addressed stamped envelopes and non
sequencial bills while your at it.

-Craig
'85GL

On 7/27/07, Hans Achter <hansachter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> David,
> You're treating the transmission upgrade like it's a liability for the
> subaru conversion.
> You don't need to upgrade the transmission with a subaru conversion,
> rather
> a lot of people opt to have the tranny rebuilt because it already has 150k
> or whatever, and while it's being rebuilt they add the taller 4th gear.
> You can run the subaru conversion all day long with stock gears just like
> the Zetec conversion without problem, so don't treat it like a necessary
> expense of the subaru conversion.  The subaru just has the power advantage
> that lets it pull the 0.77 fourth comfortably, and even the 0.70 fourth
> without much trouble.  The 0.70 fourth lets the engine turn at
> approximately
> 3200 rpm and makes for a quiet and comfortable ride, and excellent fuel
> mileage to boot.
> -Hans
> http://www.vanaru.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Clarkson" <Dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Decisions, decisions which conversion-didn't intend to start
> a
> power war
>
> > I am certainly impressed by the  power
> > that the subaru 2.5 has overt the Zetech (35 hp difference right) but
> > would
> > also have to factor in a very useful upgrade to the 3rd and 4th gears
> that
> > would benefit the Subaru conversion (Daryl at AA transmission would be
> > great for
> > this). Factoring in the cost of this (shipping and opening up the case
> to
> > swap  out 2 gears) might reduce the difference in price between the two
> by
> > another  $500.00-750.00 maybe?
>