You are driving a Syncro now , right ?
more vehicle, more to push, likes 'more engine.'

OTOH......I don't think you drive for hours at 65 - 70  mph
continuously  where you live either.

I do like a 4 valves per cylinder engine with a fat mid-range torque
curve, I'll have to say.

On 4/20/2012 6:14 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> Scary looking corrosion? What are you smoking tonight Scott? The engine case is actually pretty nice.
>
> I'm leaning towards heading back to the land of I4 fun. 2.0 ABA with 1.8 l head. Yeah that old story. But 2.2 subie is a strong contender.
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 2012-04-20, at 5:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> kinda scary lookin' corrosion on the outside of the waterpuker engine.
>>
>> what 'other engine' are you considering ?
>> I have a hunch what it might be.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/2012 5:32 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>> Seems that I am not getting any breaks from the vanagon gods this week. I had a pinhole leak in one of the cooling hoses, got big enough to find today.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/vanagon-cooling-system-leak/
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>>> alistair
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