thanks, maybe I'll remember this time ' Grun- thaner. '
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: Audi Turbo motor swap

> Frank Grunthaner is the guy you're looking for.
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> re your last line there.........
>> then that means you'll have to do a 50 degree install.
>> it's doable.
>> I think what you want to know is 'how can I do it without endless custom
>> fabrication
>> or getting into an unsolvable corner' .............something like that.
>>
>> you know about that conversion shop that does 1.8T Passat type vw engines
>> in
>> vanagons ?
>> Sacramento, Ca area. Forget their name right now.
>> I think their conversions are upright though, not 50 degree.
>>
>> there are a lot of advantages to keeping the engine at about 15 degrees
>> like
>> it was in the car it came from.
>> Quite a lot.
>> I haven't done an upright conversion, but I'd like to do one, just to see
>> how good I could get it, how low I could get it, and how much I could
>> leave
>> the oil and oil pick-up, turbo installation, etc. alone.
>> Some people use 'other' turbo exhaust manifolds and an adapter so they
>> can
>> get the turbo higher........especially for a 50 degree install.
>> It's very doable.
>> I'd do one.   Not the most 'drop in' engine conversion, but they have
>> been
>> done, and are very doable. It's just one system at a time.
>>
>> "not a torque monster' ...........hmm. Turbo gas engines are fun.  I'd
>> expect it to scoot pretty well.  Just not at 1,500 rpm.
>> All the issues are solvable.
>> I get his last name not quite right all the time ............Frank
>> Garunther..........( last name is very close to that )
>> he's done a audi turbo engine ............at 50 degees I think. He's a
>> real
>> engineer/nut ........
>> takes an engineering approach like you wouldn't believe.
>> He has even done in flight video inside a diesel oil pan testing baffle
>> configurations and what the oil does, and stuff like that. I think he is
>> actually an engineer too.
>> google him.
>> he's way into it, and I am certain he has done an Audi gas turbo engine
>> in
>> vanagon.
>> Scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "TJ Hemrick" <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:38 PM
>> Subject: Audi Turbo motor swap
>>
>>
>>  No, I'm not trying to start another flame war.  Seriously, I've searched
>>> the
>>> web on and off over the past few months for people who had actually
>>> swapped
>>> an Audi 1.8T motor into the ol' Vanagon but haven't stumbled into
>>> anything
>>> definitive.   Not that any of mine are actually running right now, but
>>> that's beside the point!  I've seen pleny of other swaps and yes the
>>> Zetec
>>> is the coolest gas conversion going but I've got access to a very low
>>> mile
>>> 1.8t engine with harness.  Yes, I know it's not really a torque monster
>>> of
>>> a
>>> motor but I'm really looking into how difficult it's going to be with
>>> the
>>> orientation of the turbo (oil lines and all), intakes and of course I'm
>>> sure
>>> we could start a side war on the mounting angle issue.  As for me, (with
>>> all
>>> due respect to my trusted source in the great white north - aka David
>>> Marshall) I'm NOT modding my deck lid come hell or high water.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> TJ
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
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