If you go to this page  http://www.volkswagen.org/ then click on "Engine
Swaps"

You will get a list of most VW engine specs.  If you look at the stock HP
and torque the engines output, you will see that in the engines differ
little in the HP and torque from the Wasserboxer and often have slightly
more HP but LESS torque.  Add one $160 coating to the heads for corrosion
preventive, and a different profile on the cam and you will have as much HP
and torque as many so called "Replacement" inline engines (which you will
spend a small fortune of ANY type of hop up part) plus no "modifying the van
to fit an engine."

I have been told that "The Vanagon is a people mover and If you want to go
fast, get another type of vehicle -- an American one,,,"

Bottom line, what I did to my engine cost less than the engine swapping
would cost plus NEEDED hop up parts to make it work...

Robert

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