If Maiken wasn't at her Yoga class, I could go out and get you comparative
numbers from her 1990 Golf and the vans.

Give you a solid comparison.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:08 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Problem? That's an interesting question.
>
> Obviously the Jetta 2.0 was designed to run with a cat. I don't know
> how much higher the emissions would be if it wasn't installed. I also
> don't know if emissions would end up being the same as my air cooled
> was at.
>
> I'm mostly putting the cat in because of "green guilt" !
>
> Oh my aching conscience .... ;^)
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Jake de Villiers
> <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We do have annual emissions testing, at least so far, but there's no
> >  'visual' like the California test.  If you blow clean, you blow clean,
> no
> >  questions asked.
> >
> >  Which makes sense to me.  If you've done an engine swap that makes your
> car
> >  pollute less, what's the problem?
> >
> >  On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com
> >
> >  wrote:
> >
> >
> >  >  Oops!
> >  >
> >  > Sorry!
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >  > *From:* Jake de Villiers [mailto:crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com]
> >
> > > *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2008 8:49 PM
> >  > *To:* Dennis Haynes
> >  > *Cc:* vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> >
> >
> > > *Subject:* Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > Dennis, Neil & I are in British Columbia, Canada; not yet a state.
> :)
> >  >
> >  > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Dennis Haynes <
> d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> >  > wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Since you are installing a later engine, you are required to have all
> of
> >  > the emissions equipment that was on that engine-vehicle when it was
> >  > manufactured. This is a federal requirement. We are just lucky that
> at the
> >  > state level, few states have enforcement for conversions or better
> yet
> >  > there are so many areas that do not even have emissions programs.
> >  >
> >  > Dennis
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >  > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> >  > neil N
> >  >
> >  > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:15 PM
> >  > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >  >
> >  > Subject: Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
> >  >
> >  > Thanks Jake et al.
> >  >
> >  > Turns out the whole parts scavenging was a bust. The spare front
> lower
> >  > grill had a broken tang at the bottom and the cat and exhaust looked
> >  > pretty iffy.
> >  >
> >  > The van was pretty much gone through by the time I got there.
> >  >
> >  > Pretty sure my '81 isn't technically required to have a cat. Just
> >  > trying to be nicer to the oxygen we breath by installing one.
> >  >
> >  > Cheers,
> >  >
> >  > Neil.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Jake de Villiers
> >  > <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > > Hey Neil, most Subaru conversions use the original cat and muffler
> >  > assembly
> >  > >  very successfully.
> >  > >
> >  > >  Both the 2.2 and 2.5 litre motors use them , the 2.2 even passes
> >  > California
> >  > >  smog testing.
> >  > >
> >  > >  On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Roger Sisler
> >  > <ROGERSISLER2000@yahoo.com>
> >  > >  wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  > I used a 1.9 catalytic converter on my 93 Fox.  Works fine, is
> the
> >  > same
> >  > >  > part number, and passed emissions. It looks rather high mileage.
> >  > >  >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >  --
> >  > >  Jake
> >  > >  1984 Vanagon GL
> >  > >  1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >  > >  Crescent Beach, BC
> >  > >  www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >  > >  http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
> >  > >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > --
> >  > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
> >  >
> >  > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >  > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > --
> >  > Jake
> >  > 1984 Vanagon GL
> >  > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >  > Crescent Beach, BC
> >  > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >  > http://subyjakegooglepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27<
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27>
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >  Jake
> >  1984 Vanagon GL
> >  1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >  Crescent Beach, BC
> >  www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >  http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27