I have seen a small block chevy in a vanagon that my somewhat local source
of used parts has,come to find out one of my buddies custom fabricated
motor mounts not knowing they knew eachother. Looks neat but a bit much!!
What rpm range and how much do want the power/torque to be at may help you
decide!

Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy

On May 14, 2012 8:37 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

one vanagon guy had a 5 cylinder mercedes diesel ..
with home made bell housing .. for a while.
way, way to large and heavy an engine for a vanagon.

Can't really see a small block Chevy either.
I think the Oettinger waterboxer 6  is pretty rare and not a normal option.

oh heck ..we didn't cover air-cooled Porsche engines ..
right ....a 911 Six .
They'll work and have been put into vanagons.
along with matching Porsche 5 speed trans too I think.

what I consider 'normal' is around 2.2 liters ..Overhead Cam ..
and .4 valves per cylinder is nice to have......and knock sensor
igniton.   , and I do like that subaur engines fit within the original
VW Bus/Van concept ...rear mounted, aluminum, oppossed four cylinder
engine.

and there are Turbo Subaru engines in vanagons if one really wants lots
of power.
The 2005 Turbo Forester Subaru  5 speed vanagon I worked on was just a
screamer.

scott
www.turbovans.com

On 5/14/2012 5:22 PM, David Beierl wrote:
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