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Subject:used Vanagon engine
From:Michelle Garofano
Date:Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:11:34 -0700

Greetings all!

To you folks who have done your engine swaps and have an old (but good)
Vanagon engine that needs a new home, I'm in the market, as it were (I'm in
the Seattle area).  I recently purchased a 1981 Westfalia that had been
converted to water-cooled with a Mazda RX-7 rotary engine... which gobbles
oil like crazy & requires an elaborate ritual of maneuvers to get it to
start... two things I'd just rather not deal with.  I'm looking for gas
mileage more than power, and would appreciate advice on which engine (1.9L,
2.1L, etc.) gets the best mileage for hauling the weight of a full-camper
Westy.  Since all the conversion gear is already in place for the Mazda
engine, I'm also looking into what else might work with my current set up...
though my recent experience (& research I've done around it) has soured me
on rotary engines in general, and I'm not interested in going deisel at this
point in time.

Happy Travels,
Mish

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