It's not a war, we are taking a snapshot in time of what's available now,
how much it costs and how much effort it takes.  Vanaru's turnkey engines
now are 2.5's and cost $9100, add shipping and installation and . . .  you
are at the magical $12k point.  It was cheaper a few years ago, but not
anymore.

Keep on truckin'!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Troy
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion

I don't want to start an engine conversion war, but gets under my skin when
people start bashing Subaru conversions. I've lived in Alaska for over 30
years, and there are more Subaru's per capita here than probably any other
state out there. Alaska probably dishes out some of the harshest
environments you're ever going to see for an engine, and Subaru has proven
themselves over and over. Super easy to find parts as well. I must have
passed 10 Subaru's in a 10 min drive today. Everywhere up here.

My daily drive is a 2.5 outback, and I've got a 2.2 in my vanagon from East
Coast Vanaru. Hans there does a superb engine conversion. I've had ZERO
problems with mine since the install. No mysterious error codes. Just starts
and goes. I paid about $6900 for mine, and it had under 10,000 miles on it.
Not a rebuilt, so everything is under 10,000 miles. I think I spent about
$1200 on the install with new fuel hoses. Mechanic commented what a superb
job Vanauru did on the kit. The instructions were very clear, and I think
the only thing he struggled on was some of the gauges. A phone call to Hans
and all was gold.

I certainly would not hesitate to do this again. Completely satisfied!

Troy
89 Westy.