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Subject:Re: Subaru engine gas mileage
From:Annie S. Anderson
Date:Sat, 8 Jul 2017 19:10:23 -0700

Ha! That’s great. I can imagine how fun it is to be able to actually
accelerate. ;-)

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Annie S. Anderson

On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> I put an EJ22 from a '93 Legacy in my '91 GL which had a 2.1L wbx in
> reasonably good condition.
>   I got about a 1 mpg increase in mileage.  If I could restrain myself to
> accelerate, etc. at the same rate as I had with the wbx, I'm sure the
> mileage increase would be more.  Go for it!
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Annie S. Anderson <lsandrsn@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Gang,
>>
>> Been a few years since I’ve posted! I’ve been toying with selling my 85
>> Vanagon for a while but recently decided to go ahead with the Subaru
>> engine
>> conversion so I’ve got some questions for those of you who’ve done it. . .
>>
>> The biggie is - what’s the gas mileage like?
>>
>> And for those of you in Washington State - have you had any issues with
>> licensing or registering your Vanagon with a Subaru engine? Is there
>> anything special I should consider or know about?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ~Annie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Build empires. Create Legacy.
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>> Annie S. Anderson,
>>
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