On Jan 3, 2013, at 7:58 AM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

Hi Folks! Ive been shopping around looking for my engine upgrade and my
father found gex.com the engine that they have which I want is in the New
engine category. I'm asking if anyone has delt with them before and
wondering if the New ones are factory VW BUILT or gex built. Haven't had
much time to research it for myself yet just wondering what the gang knows!

Both the vanagon.com archives and Samba are full of information about
volks expereinces with these engines.
Here's one thread.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6181771

bob