Thanks Scott. Good to know.

A loss of ground clearance is one of those things I might not have
found out until too late. Unless of course I'd had the forsight to
like, uh, maybe uh, measure the motor on a potential donor car before
purchase? --- ;^)

Or better yet, ask the list!

Neil.

On 10/1/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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> "Jaco"  (Bustorius)
>
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>
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Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco"  (Bustorius)

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