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Subject:Re: My Dumb Question No. 37 (Was bring back the Vanagon)
From:JordanVw
Date:Sun, 22 Mar 1998 14:06:46 EST

In a message dated 98-03-22 09:07:45 EST, mstretch@SPRINTMAIL.COM writes:

<< My dumb question is, why can�t the engines they make now in S.A be used in
our Westies?  If you can put a Subaru engine in, or some of the others that
have been mentioned, isn�t there anything they make in South Africa, new, that
could be used in a late model Westy, like a �91? >>

is your '91 van a 4spd? then you can get a SA 5cyl bellhousing, and put a 5cyl
in, but you have to raise the decklid height a little.

chris