Should be exactly the same. The exhaust ports may be ovals on the '79...but
I think they are square, like the '81. Other than the cooling system change
(alternator outside the main airbox, heater blower integral with alternator
shaft, etc.) the block is identical.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   joe Hunt [SMTP:Yovanguy@AOL.COM]
Sent:   Sunday, October 03, 1999 3:23 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Engine from '79 westie to '81 AirCool

Can any body tell me if the basic engine is the same on a '79, as there is
one at the local pick and pull, as it is in the '81 or is this a 1700 or
something, the heater boxes outlets are not, but might be worth it if the
long blocks the same??

Appreciate any help, any other major part interchangable

Thanks

Joe