Marcus wrote the source of this excerpt:

>Now I have checked out the archives and found ideas regarding
> the swapping of Audi 5E engines and Ford V6s, but what I am interested in
> is a nice, affordable, bulletproof Golf/Jetta engine...
>Why isn't everyone doing it?...
>Is it because the cost of swapping is prohibitive if one doesn't
>perform the swap oneself?

I think more people here in Northern Calif. would be doing the
Golf-to-waterboxer conversion if they could find the parts needed for a
reasonable price.  You would need a sump, oil pump pickup, motor mount
system, bellhousing, input shaft, clutch, flywheel, and other parts I
forgot to mention, from a diesel Vanagon.  These parts are relatively rare
in the U.S. because not many diesels were sold here. Also, a shop in San
Francisco has been doing this conversion for a few years and has probably
sucked up all the needed parts for miles around.  I talked to a guy in
Texas who wants to sell a set of these parts for $800, not including the
Golf engine.  For me, that was expensive enough to make me drop the idea.

Now, if someone wants to give you $2500 for your old waterboxer engine,
that would generate the cash needed...
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Mike Catlin <mjcatlin@dcn.davis.ca.us>
Davis, California, USA