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Subject:Re: Subaru engine conversion
From:Earl Smith
Date:Sat, 2 May 1998 19:00:16 -0700

At 11:01 AM 5/2/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Seeking experiences of people who have actually done the Subaru
>engine conversion and lived with it for a while...how's it working
>out? Thanks for any advice,
>Rick
>
Was discussing this very topic with my FLAR who seems to know a lot about
VW.  He said the subaru conversions failed after about 60k because the water
pumps couldn't keep the coolant flowing to the radiator efficiently.
Earl from Sunny Sooke
84 ex-California Vanagon