The conversion uses a lot of stock parts, but they arn't the Diesel parts,
it is a mix of Audi and inline Volkswagen parts and some custom
manufactured parts.

For those who have been following progress for the kit, it will be ready
mid May.  I did a major redesign to the motor mount system as I was not
happy with the vibration level with the former mounts, this put the mid
April time line behind a bit.  Now there are NO vibrations in the cab which
I am quite please with and it is a simpler install.  The first production
run will start in two weeks when I have more cash to thow at this project -
R+D is expensive!

Final pricing will be available in a few weeks I *hope* to get it in the
sub $3000 USD range including a used 2.0L engine.  For those who have
contacted me in the past about this conversion kit I will notify you via
email when the final pricing is arrived at.  For those who want to be
notified, please contact me at sales@fastforward.ca

For those who want to contact me in person, my phone number is (250) 992
1163 - evenings are the best time to get me.

At 22:58 09/04/1999 -0700, Mark R Drovdahl wrote:
>     For those of you still waiting on my 2.0 L conversion
>update...patience, as I'm still waiting for the job to be finished.
>    "" conversion (5 cly'ers please refer to Detlev) let me share some info
>w/you.
>    First, go and visit the www.vanagongti.com Eurospec page. Look at what
>they offer for their price. Then go to David Marshall's www.fastforward.ca
>page. Look at what he offers. If you've got time even call him, I had a
>number of pleasant conversations w/him and learned a lot. After this you'll
>discover the bottom line: the conversion uses almost exclusively stock
>diesel parts, diesel vanagon owners have been doing this conversion in
>their vans for years, and when you finish doing the math, you should able
>to have a 2.0 L engine installed by a pro for near $3,000. This is awfully
>close, maybe cheaper than doing a new water-boxer, and bye, bye head leaks.
>I know I make it sound too easy, but it's really not too hard.
>    Once again I apologize that it's taking so long, but I will post all
>the specifics on my conversion as soon as the work is done, in the meantime
>p-mail me with q's. Have a great weekend everyone.
>
> Mark Drovdahl
> '88 Westy (soon to be half '98 Jetta 2.0 L)
>

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