I gather he's in the stage of prepping the victim and looking for a donor.

Cya,
Robert

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
neil n
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 1:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny

I had read a few posts on thesamba regarding this engine swap. I have
to wonder if he isn't bailing on his project and selling a "package"
so to speak. (I mean, where are the pics of engine installed??)
Regardless, I was skeptical about engine height but maybe this (pic)

http://www.allpar.com/photos/mopar/35.jpg

from here

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/V6/35.html

shows that the engine itself might be "short" enough to fit?

Neil.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is almost always good to see that someone else is exploring other
> engine options. But adding a transmission change as well will be a
> significant departure especially since this guy is using an automatic.
> It will be interesting to see how he fairs with the BAR in California.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> BenT
>
>
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think he's using the driveline from the big LHS cars, which places
>> the engine longitudinally instead of transversely, as in the
>> minivans. �Astride instead of sidesaddle, as writer Gordon Jennings
>> once observed. No 4-cylinder was available in that configuration, as
>> I recall. �Why he chose it is probably explained adequately in his
>> posts, but I'd have thought the transverse (minivan engine) setup
>> would require less space and be more Vanagon-friendly and provide a
>> greater variety of engines, from fours to several displacements of
>> V6. �This may just have been simpler.
>>
>> Stephen
>

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