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Subject:Re: |'81 vanagon turbo dream
From:Debbie Fleming
Date:Tue, 19 Aug 1997 07:49:15 -0500

JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
> hello, Jan, you could put a 4 cyl Jetta or 5 cyl Quantum (Passat, to you
> guys) turbo diesel under the rear deck of your Extermely Lazy Auto..  :<)
> or you could go to a gas engine, and install a GTI 16 valve under there, or
> do what they do in South Africa, and run a 5cyl audi gas (maybe even a turbo
> 5 cyl).....
Does anyone have experience with putting a 5-cyl. Quantum engine in a 
Vanagon? ( I knew there was a reason I didn't trade in my Quantum for the 
pittance they would have offered!) Would it fit?

Debbie Fleming
Alexandria, VA

'84 Westy
'85 Quantum
'93 Passat GLX
'97 Jetta GL
(and '40s-era Oliver Cletrac crawler)