On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:06 PM, neil N<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:47 AM, B.J.R.<beer_eighty@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Ps: I'd love something different in my westy, does the rabbit motor match to the tranny or are there adapters?
....

> IMO, engine should be mounted at 50* DV mount angle. 15* mount does
> work, and in some ways in an advantage in terms of the conversion
> process itself (keep head and engine management.... hopefully that c/w
> donor engine/harness) but there are other potential stumbling blocks
> and it is MORE work that way.

To be clear, since you asked about a Rabbit engine, I had inferred
that a head swap would be needed at 50*. Not nessecarily true.

Check out this page.

http://volksweb.relitech.com/vanagon.htm

AFAIK, head swapping doesn't need to be done if using a stock 1.8 8V

Neil.

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