That�s what I thought at first, too.
But I got the info from some highly reliable specialist. Maybe it�s the
wierd 72� angle?!

Raimund

Am 04.01.2010 21:49, schrieb pdooley:
> I wouldn't buy that.
> VW I5's are pretty smooth.
> I had an Audi 5K with a 2.2 5 cyl, and now a 2010 golf with the 2.5 5cyl,
> and they both purrrrr.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Raimund Feussner
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 3:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oettinger syncro van FS
>
>   From what I heard, the I5 (or S5) induced a heavy vibration into the
> syncro-drivetrain.
> That�s why VW RSA kept the WBX in the syncros.
>
> And the WBX6 had been a european special factory option since
> "small-window-Vanagon"-times, too.
> The larger windows appeared in RSA in 1995, not 92.
>
> Even the oettinger brochure said so. The brandnew Vanagon came off the
> line without engine and was hauled to oettinger where the engine was
> mounted.
>
> Raimund
>
>
> Am 04.01.2010 20:57, schrieb Evan Martin:
>
>>> Nice. Only 89 "big-window" Syncros made in RSA? I don't think so...
>>> The Syncro was a standard production model (with 4-boxer or S5, not
>>> 6-boxer). My RSA owner's handbook covers it. Front&   rear difflocks
>>> were optional.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, on one hand I remember Oettinger in the RSA having a  fairly close
>>>
>>>
>> relationship with VWSA and the Oettinger 2.5 WBX was offered as a
>>
> something
>
>> like a factory-approved convesion (used to have the brochure).  I do have
>>
> a
>
>> VW T3 sales brochure from 1992, probably the second year of the "big
>> window"  van and at this time the WBX is discontinued for I4 and I5
>>
> options
>
>> and Syncro is not listed. My recollection is that at that time Syncro was
>>
> in
>
>> fact still available but somewhat on a special order basis....and ONLY
>>
> with
>
>> the 2.1 WBX!
>>
>> So I don't really know what this thing is, either- other than I do want
>>
> one,
>
>> too.
>>
>>
>