If you were REALLY happy with your motor you wouldn't be hanging out on the
SubaruVanagon List!  :)
Wait until you drive a Subie powered van before you close your mind, Don -
its a rewarding experience.

Porsche power here: http://pagetuner.com/vanagon/

I can't find Bruce Nadig's site documenting the installation of the Porche
drivetrain in his van............it was very nicely done and fast too, but I
don't think it was a poptop either.

On 11/1/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> Well isn't that an air-cooled porsche engine ?
> Of course it would be lousy in a vanagon, no real heaters etc.
> And nothing to burb or bleed - where's the fun in that ! ? ?
> Scotty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rob
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:53 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
>
> That made your day didn't it?
>
> Rob
>
>
> At  11/1/2007 02:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> >   I won't cross post it but on the Yahoo Subaru transplant list, someone
> >posted the Tiico rag-post we just saw here and then some Subie Convertor
> >posted that he'd spent $10k doing a Subie Westie and hated it.  Wanted to
> >sell it.  Another guy chimed in and said he didn't like HIS subie
> >conversion, either...So it goes to show that everything has a few haters,
> a
> >few likers, and plenty of "oh yeah?, but I heard________" who like to
> talk
> >about things they have no personal experience with.
> >     Don Hanson
> >     "Well, I heard the Porsche 996 twin turbo  Vanagon conversion really
> >sucks.."
>

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