There is a good 4 to 5" between the rear door and the pulleys.  Lots of
room for a lot of stuff, needless to say a timing belt.  Perhaps it would
be a good time to change the belt... being cheap insurance etc etc.

At 00:28 5/7/98 EDT, Modl6971 wrote:
>In a message dated 98-05-06 09:13:05 EDT, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< I appreciate the advice about getting a more powerful motor  for my van,
>but
> really my main concern in doing the swap is reliability, availability and
> inexpensiveness of parts, and fuel economy more than power.  I know that
when
> I get done my '85 Vanagon will have similar hp to a 2.1 waterboxer, but I
> believe that the reliability of the inline four motor is much higher and the
> cost of engine components are much lower than the boxer.  So really I
will be
> quite satisfied with the same power (my 2.1 powered Carat has plenty of
power
> for me).  I am going to be traveling all of the country in a couple of years
> (getting ready to go to the mission field) and if my van has any problems I
> want to be able to go to any FLAPS and grab a waterpump, slap it on, and
keep
> truckin'.  So there is my swap philosphy and thanks again for all the
advice.
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
>  >>
>
> Now you have a timing belt to worry about and not that much room to do it
>either. Put a realiable 2.0 liter stock motor in this car if you are going to
>do this swap. You can allways upgrade this motor easily later on. Michael.
>
>

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