That Audi 2.8L V6 engine is what we have in our A6 w/ over 190K miles
on it  & nary a problem the whole time.
I would put it in my vannie if the A6 didn't run so well.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-the wife would be pissed however

On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Robert Fisher wrote:

> 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