in 30+ years of vanagon ownership I've seen only one vanagon with a Porsche
engine. Not much details to give but it's a 1983 air cooled California
Westy with a 2.2 air cooled Porsche engine, raised rear deck, vanagon OEM
transmission. I almost bought it but my mechanic talked me out of it
because the engine and the trans need rebuild and the interior was
neglected/trashed.
As for your question I'd think a Boxter engine may do well in the van, I've
seen some ad for Boxter engine saying it's good for vanagon...
good luck with your project...  my estimate is it will be over US$20K when
it's done...

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 9:44 AM thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:

> Sorry, I forgot to mention why I want to change the engine in my van.
> My van is a high top Westfalia with a turbo diesel engine, 1.6 liter.  It
> was great back in ‘86 when it was born but now I am allowed to coast 85 mph
> here in Hungary.  So the present engine is not sufficiently strong enough,
> going only 70 mph, and definitely not for the hills of Western Hungary.
>
> I would like to have it installed for the next summer to visit Sweden and
> Norway and Finland.
>
> Zoltan
>