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Subject:Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:23:39 -0700

Not to mention the turbo option!! http://tinyurl.com/8mfj6al  Really sweet,
and won't bust the auto either!

At $4k plus $6500 for the kit, plus engine ($1000?) you've got an ideal
(DIY) $12k conversion!  As an aging Boomer who has more life in the past
than in the future, this would be my choice.   I'll start buying lottery
tickets.

Follow the Subaruvanagon list for a couple of months if you want to talk
yourself out of that conversion.  Seems no one has solved the mysterious
"code 42" problem, among hundreds of others.  Forums are the blind leading
the blind.  For me, only a professional conversion with a Subie would make
sense.  Also $12 or more.

Turbo or no turbo, that is the question.  And that's a no brainer.

Stuart
'85 Westy "Gutless"

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
mark drillock
Subject: Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion

......One of the biggest advantages of the Bostig Zetec conversion is that
every little thing is already figured out and documented, with videos
showing each step. Every other conversion will involve figuring some things
out on your own as well as asking in various forums for ways to deal with
all the obstacles.

Mark

Don Hanson wrote:
>     I am no conversion expert but I do have lots of experience having
> things break while out on the road somewhere, in many different vehicles.
> Keeping "All VW" does have real advantages in my experience.   A lot of
the
> parts are the same in my inline as in a regular WBX or a diesel.    You
can
> go to almost any VW-savvy shop and get the thing fixed..............
>