In a message dated 98-03-13 12:26:40 EST, TP032370@AOL.COM writes:

<< <yep...Hobart Kennedy seems pretty set in his ways about what engines he
 reccomends, and his ways aren't necessarily the best.  maybe if he gets
enough
 feedback from Vgon owners, he'd look into the audi 5 cyl...

 can't afford his $1200 subaru setup, plus the cost of a Legacy 2.2 engine...

 audi 5cyls are cheap, and virtually maint free..>

 ----I agree with this,  I had an 85 5000 quattro and the drivetrain outlasted
 the rest of the vehicle,  no major problems in 190k.
  >>

maybe all who are interested in putting the 5cyl into the Vgon, should get in
touch w/ Hobart Kennedy...and try to get tim to consider making adapters to
bolt the audi 5cyl to the automatic vanagon.  you can get the man trans
bellhousing from SA like Helmut did, but they don't offer the Auto trans in
SA, so, those of us who want to put a 5cyl into our auto trans vgons are
screwed...

Hobart, wake up!!  the audi 5 is a damn good engine.

chris