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Subject:Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
From:Jon Christensen
Date:Tue, 28 Oct 1997 21:16:33 -0600

On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, David Marshall (by way of Ron Lussier <coyote@likeminds.com>) wrote:

>  Hi,
> I have another question for you!  Actually quite a few, so here they go!
>
> I want to install a more powerful engine in my Syncro Transporter.  I was
> thinking of installing a 2.0L engine from a Audi 80 or 93 and newer
> Golf/Jetta.  A lot of people have been telling me different things.
(snip)
>
>  Is there anything missing?  I plan to run CIS injection as a first

I was planning such a swap, but I discovered that the Diesel starter and
the Syncro gastank had clearance problems.  Going with a KEP kit may be
a better route for an upright VW into a Syncro, IMHO.

Jon Christensen        /V\      Membership Coordinator for the
~Certified VW Nut      \W/        Vintage VW Club of America
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