The distance from the center of the crankshaft to the bottom of a waterboxer
block is 7.5 inches.  ( and the exhaust sticks down a bit below that ) .
I just measured an inline 4 at 15 degrees at 7 inches, center of crank to
bottom of a jetta type steel oil pan.
That's sure good news !~  by that calculation, no loss of ground clearance.
In 2WD you can fudge the engine up a little too, an inch  without shift
linkage or CV joint problems.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
neil N
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Ground clearance on 15 degree I4 install?

Hi all.

Does anyone with the 15 degree VW I4 conversion know if there's any
loss of ground clearance?

If so how much?

I imagine there would be.....

TIA,

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco"  (Bustorius)

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