IIRC when Jim Akiba was explaining why he settled on the Zetec for their
conversions, he had eliminated a number of engines based on (among other
things) availability, initial cost, cost of parts/service, availability of
parts (if you got stuck in Idaho on a Saturday afternoon, for instance) and
so on.
There are a lot of factors to consider in picking a conversion; I could put
my hands on a GM drivetrain much more readily and inexpensively than I could
an Audi drivetrain.
It might be just that he has some familiarity with that engine, though he's
certainly not the first guy to consider a Buick 6- I've seen it come up
several times. I believe Neil was discussing it before he went with his I4
(if that's the same Neil).

I'm more interested in seeing if he pulls off the configuration than I am in
which drivetrain he's using.

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mark Dearing
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny

In a message dated 6/23/2010 9:23:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jleftbrane@gmail.com writes:

think he  addressed that in on his yahoo site... says its worse for
some  reason
On 23-Jun-10, at 6:07 AM, Mark Dearing wrote:

> anybody  have any links to the audi 2.8L V6 in a vannie?? It would
>  seem  to
> be a much better engine than a chrysler.   later  mark  d

well I personally don't give a damn what he thinks . I do know I have seen
the audi 2.8L v6 with over 300K on them, never seen a chrysler make it that
far  since the old good slant 6