The worst Vanagon was the diesel (1.6 liter, 48hp non-turbo same as the
rabbit engine). They were dangerously slow accelerating and people often
blew up the engines trying to drive them faster than they should.
I would guess a 2.0l TDI would do quite a bit better, I think they make
about 140hp?
The waterboxer in my Vanagon was just OK, it would do 70-75 on the
interstate but not really any more than that without getting pretty close
to red-line. It was pretty torquey though, and around town it was fine, at
least with the manual transmission.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, at 14:00, MG via Mercedes wrote:
never having had one of those, how good would they
be pushing something as heavy as the Vanagon?
MG
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
There's a guy putting 2.0l TDI engines in. The Grind Hard Plumbing Co
guys had one done.
If I were going to do it that's what I'd want.
-Curt
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 12:40:17 PM EST, Allan Streib via
Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Yeah the waterboxer engines were prone to head gasket leaks. Though I
drove mine to Florida and back at 70 MPH with no issues.
There was a kit to put a Ford Focus (Zetec) engine in a Vanagon. It
seemed well done, but not cheap -- $7,900 and that doesn't include the
engine. I'd probably do that over a Subaru conversion. Based on my
experience with my '03 Focus, the Zetec engine is bulletproof.
https://www.bostig.com/bostig-vanagon-conversion-2022-2023-kits-20-deposit-total-price-7895/
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, at 09:31, MG via Mercedes wrote:
That's what interested me. The original engines on
those were always a bit unreliable. I can't see a
problem with it as long as it isn't hanging too low.
MG
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Did you guys notice the GM engine?
-Curt
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 08:45:47 AM EST, Allan Streib via
Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Yeah that’s pretty cool. I had a Vanagon GL that I really liked but
sadly it was totaled in an accident. I’m guessing I’ll get another one some
day.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, at 08:31, MG via Mercedes wrote:
I'd rather get this.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-volkswagen-volkswagen-t3-transporter-doka-syncro/
MG
OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
This one would be more fun ---
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-volkswagen-thing-90-2/
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 2:24 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
What a beauty!
A little bit of work cleaning up things, like the gross shifter
surround
and it'd be fantastic.
Price is crazy for the lack of detail put into the ad though.
Here's a nice looking fastback for way less:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-volkswagen-type-3-fastback/
My mom had a fastback when I was born. Interestingly Angie's did
too. Type
3 is on the list of cars I'd like to own.
-Curt
On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 03:06:27 PM EST, Bob Rentfro via
Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/5825792714154644/?mibextid=6ojiHh
Or is it reasonable?
AZBob
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