On May 9, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:

> Jeeze, I don't have a TIG welder!   You need to embrace your fear of
> the
> unknown and go for the Subaru 2.5 in your Syncro.  At least it looks
> like a
> WBX, sort of, and won't vibrate as much as an in-line 4.

You boys need to come to eastern Oregon and drive an ABA conversion.
Vibration? Set a glass of water on the table in the back with the
engine running? No ripples. A Tiico it ain't. Who knows, maybe I'll
drive it to the wet side just to share.

My new ABA conversion make me smile whenever I drive it. (1,000 miles
in the past week.  Makes me smile.)

> <snip>
>
> Alistair wrote:
>
> "Funny thing is, as good as the subie 2.5 is in a van (and I have
> driven
> one), I'm not very excited about doing it. I don't know why, but I
> lean more
> towards a 2.0 aba type inline 4 ."

Good choice. As GM used to advertise: "Keep your GM car all GM." Keep
your Volkswagen all Volkswagen.

Jim