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Subject:Re: Trip to VW Factory and engine swaps
From:Paolo Damiani
Date:Sat, 8 May 1999 23:46:10 EDT

In a message dated 5/8/99 9:39:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, alien1@JPS.NET
writes:

> Has anyone done a conversion lately?  I'd love any input I can get.  Before
I
> left for my trip, I had a few people tell me their conversion was in
process.
>  What is the status?

Mine (Eurospec) is about 2/3 done. Engine is in, mechanicals connected,
waiting on harness & cooling connections. It's going slow: this is the
installer's first one and he's trying to get all his mechanics involved. I'm
getting charged a flat rate for the install so I don't want them to rush.

Two items of interest: one, they have to trim (15mm) off or change the
mainshaft in the transmission so it's a commitment to the change; and two,
they had to do some testing on the engine. They claim that Eurospec got a
couple of bad ones in this last shipment (yikes!!!!).

Hopefully I'll have it back by the end of the coming week.

Paolo
89 Carat... not rolling, getting a Eurospec engine.

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