Re: I'm excited, want to buy an engine?

David Bjorkman · 2012-04-12T16:56:44.000Z

My thoughts also. Thanks for the good words. We all hope for the best and (I would say from the things folks put on this list) prepare for the worst. On 04/12/12, Don Hanson<dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: Exactly, on the finding someone to work on it. I've been driving my ABA inline hard for about 3yrs now and have had a couple of traveling 'mechanicals'. Always got through them pretty easy using normal VW stuff...shops, parts places, the List Vendors, etc. Everyone that knows VWs at all can and will work on I-4 motors...they've stayed the same, basically, for years. If yours runs as strong and as good as mine, you will be pleased. Good luck Don Hanson On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:36 AM, < ddbjorkman@verizon.net > wrote: Hi Don; Yeah, I think he got it right. Took a lot longer than expected, but if it was easy everyone would do it. I know when he went to VW in Germany, they know him from other projects, he had a laundry list of things that had to be fixed. At least if I get stuck (unlikely, but you never know) I don't have to decide if I have to go to a (gasp) Ford dealership or a Subaru dealer or to VW. Dave B. On 04/12/12, Don Hanson< dhanson928@gmail.com > wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:51 AM, David Bjorkman < ddbjorkman@verizon.net > wrote: Hi Pete; Oh yeah, it's a sweetheart, I believe you are correct about the motor. FAS has done major mods snipped. Jon (owner) has made extensive trips to Germany to get them to give him the base motor he wants for the conversion. Mine is the beta and it has taken longer than expected to get everything right, but Jon won't let me have it until he thinks it is RIGHT. And he is a (kinda, but I like it) pain in the ass perfectionist. That is what the original Tiico guys should have done when they offered up the first aftermarket commercial inline VW conversions. I understand that FAS bought out the Tiico guy and re-vised or evolved that swap. I know over on the Tiico List, they talk about FAS all the time as someone to see to fix the problems that Tiicos sometimes have. I get Tiico-related comments and questions a lot when I tell people I am running an inline four VW in my vanagon...Tiico seems to have not done enough R&D before they started doing their conversions and they didn't really fix any of their screw-ups aftermarket....creating a 'bad reputation' for inline four VW swaps in general. Hope this new outfit has it right now, they are a good motor in a Vanagon when done right. Don Hanson

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Subject:	Re: I'm excited, want to buy an engine?
From:	David Bjorkman
Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:56:44 -0500

<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=2>My thoughts also.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face="">Thanks for the good words.&nbsp; We all hope for the best and (I would say from the things folks put on this list) prepare for the worst.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 04/12/12, <SPAN>Don Hanson&lt;dhanson928@gmail.com&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">&nbsp; Exactly,&nbsp; on the finding someone to work on it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I've been driving my ABA inline hard for about 3yrs now and have had a couple of traveling 'mechanicals'.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Always got through them pretty easy using normal VW stuff...shops, parts places, the List Vendors, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Everyone that knows VWs at all can and will work on I-4 motors...they've stayed the same, basically, for years.<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; If yours runs as strong and as good as mine, you will be pleased.&nbsp; Good luck<BR>&nbsp; Don Hanson<BR><BR><DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:36 AM, <SPAN dir=ltr>&lt;<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:ddbjorkman@verizon.net" target=_blank>ddbjorkman@verizon.net</A>&gt;</SPAN> wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=+0>Hi Don;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="">Yeah, I think he got it right.&nbsp; Took a lot longer than expected, but if it was easy everyone would do it.&nbsp; I know when he went to VW in Germany,&nbsp;they know him&nbsp;from other projects, &nbsp;he had a laundry list of things that had to be fixed.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=""></FONT><FONT face="">At least if I get stuck (unlikely, but you never know) I don't have to decide if I have to go to a (gasp) Ford dealership or a Subaru dealer or to VW.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=""></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face="">Dave B.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 04/12/12, <SPAN>Don Hanson&lt;<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:dhanson928@gmail.com" target=_blank>dhanson928@gmail.com</A>&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR><BR><DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:51 AM, David Bjorkman <SPAN dir=ltr>&lt;<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:ddbjorkman@verizon.net" target=_blank>ddbjorkman@verizon.net</A>&gt;</SPAN> wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=+0>Hi Pete;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="">Oh yeah, it's a sweetheart,&nbsp; I believe you are correct about the motor.&nbsp; FAS has done major mods snipped.&nbsp; Jon (owner) has made extensive trips to Germany to get them to&nbsp;give him the base motor he wants for the conversion.&nbsp; Mine is the beta and it has taken longer than expected to get everything right, but&nbsp;Jon won't let me have it until <I>he</I> thinks it is RIGHT.&nbsp; And he is a (kinda, but I like it) pain in the ass perfectionist.</FONT></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; That is what the original Tiico guys should have done when they offered up the first aftermarket commercial inline VW conversions.&nbsp; I understand that FAS bought out the Tiico guy and re-vised or evolved that swap.&nbsp; I know over on the Tiico List, they talk about FAS all the time as someone to see to fix the problems that Tiicos sometimes have.&nbsp;&nbsp; I get Tiico-related comments and questions a lot when I tell people I am running an inline four VW in my vanagon...Tiico seems to have not done enough R&amp;D before they started doing their conversions and they didn't really fix any of their screw-ups aftermarket....creating a 'bad reputation' for inline four VW swaps in general.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope this new outfit has it right now, they are a good motor in a Vanagon when done right.<BR>&nbsp; Don Hanson<BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></div>

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