> Derek Drew reports:

> In the latest issue of Hot VWs a writer enquires about high performance water
> cooled motor parts and the editors respond that there isn't much but they
> also say this: 
> 
> "Fortunately, quite a few of the internal components are interchangeable
> between the waterboxer and the Type 1 engine including cam, crankshaft,
> distributor, oil pump and rocker arms."
> 
> This sentence sounds like an outrageous assertion--hardly believeable. 
> 
> Has anybody else ever even *considered* swapping beetle motor parts into
> their 83 and up Vanagon engine????
> 
> Right. I thought not. 
> 
> If you have given this matter any thought or study and you are reading this
> post then out with it!  Share what you know.
> 
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> 
> The editors also add that they had an article dealing with modifications to
> the "Wasservoxer" engine for performance in the August 85 issue. 
> 
> Anybody got this article or know what it says. It might be a good idea to
> have it posted to the net.
> 
> derekdrew@aol.com
> 

 There are some resemblances between the wasserboxer and the upright fan engine
 the rocker cover gaskets are the same, for instance, but I believe that the 
 crankshafts are way different. Maybe somebody can look in Bentley to check
 but I think I remember the wasserboxer crank as being a mixture of type I and
 IV journal sizes and I think the wasserboxer flywheel goes on with bolts like
 a Type IV instead of the infamous gland nut.

 Kautz