The inline 4 was never available in Europe in a gasoline version...

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Robert Keezer
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 11:18 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Conversion Choices

"The 2 biggest down issues I have with it is that it is not a Boxer ( I'm
kinda in to those when it is for my Vanagon ) & again most of the weight
ends up on the DriversSide where you already always have the drivers Lbs"

By reading some of these posts� like the one above , it appears some think a
inline-four is not an original engine package for the Vanagon?

15-30 years ago , before the Subaru or other conversion concepts were out,
the inline -four was the common choice . Usually though, it was simply a
Diesel to gas conversion like my 82 Westy is.

The inline-four was common in Europe in Diesel and gas configurations, and
in South Africa. 

The notion that the inline 4 engine adds extra weight to the drivers side I
think is unfounded. If true, it can't be much .

VW continued the WBX and dropped the inline -4 Diesel after a couple years. 
Does anyone know why ?

Robert
1982 Westfalia

>
>� ���As far as using it just because it's a VW engine ~ I can't see any
> good reason for that to be an influence.
>� � � � � � � � � � � � � ���ORR ~ DeanB
>

���Using the inline VW in a Vanagon because it IS a VW....there are
actually very good reasons to do that..