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Subject:Re: Air cooled blocks
From:KENWILFY
Date:Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:27:31 EST

<<Is it conceivable to put Digijet stuff on a Type IV motor? That way, a
Vanagon up to '85 will pass emissions with a Type IV in it. Sure, I
lose HP, but if (sorry, WHEN) my heads leak, I might very well be in a
position to not be able to afford these long-shot engine swaps- I can
however, use an inexpensive, easy to find Type IV around- or build one
up! Besides, Type IVs are a known quantity to me. Rabbit motors
aren't- and empirical observation leads me to believe that their
reliability is just as if not more precarious than the good ol' Type IV.>>

Can't use the type 4 engine in your van 'cause the law is that the vehicle
that the engine comes from has to be the same year or newer than the vehicle
you put it in to.  Also the rabbit engines (Jetta, Golf) are very reliable.
This comes from a person that has owned several of them (gas and diesel).  I
have been pleased with the reliability of both of these motors.  Just keep oil
and water in them and keep on drivin' basically.
That's my 2 cents
Ken Wilford
John 3:16

<<P.S. Darwin may be dead, but I hope "Creation Science"- which isn't
science, but a means to a religious/political end- dies too, soon.>>
PS Definition of science is: a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a
body of FACTS or TRUTHS systematically arranged and showing the operation of
general laws.
A Theory is not a fact or a truth, but merely an idea of how something might
have happened or is happening.
Definition of Science Fiction is : a form of fiction that draws imaginatively
on scientific knowledge and speculation
Evolutionary Theory is none of the first and all of the second.
I Tim. 6:20 ..."Avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of
science falsely so called."
Who are you going to believe Darwin who wasn't there or God who was?
(You brought it up!)