RE: [T2] New Type 2s with radiators....
>The "waterworks" parts are very expensive, and not US street legal. Nemo scratches his head, wondering when front-mounted radiators became illegal and wondering if Ron's new "US street legal" policy applies to H4 headlights. = Ray Nemo, the Bus Captain Huntington, West Virginia 74 Westy- yet to be named 84 Vanagon- yet to be sold (sunroof & zbed/cushion BEST OFFER) Pics at http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/mrnimmo/lst?&.dir=/84+vanagon+sunroof+weekender+camper&.src=bc&.view=t&.begin=1&.order=&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/mrnimmo/lst%3f%26.dir=/84%2bvanagon%2bsunroof%2bweekender%2bcamper%26.src=bc%26.view=t (I'm now told you can only access these photo's if you have a yahoo account, but they are free.) __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html --
RE: [T2] New Type 2s with radiators....
> Nemo scratches his head, wondering when > front-mounted radiators became illegal and > wondering if Ron's new "US street legal" policy > applies to H4 headlights. Actually the legality issue would only apply to later busses, due to the lack of provision for a CAT, plus of course pretty much any bus registered in California. That isn't nearly as much of an issue as the other reason I mentioned - the cost. There are a multitude of parts that are different on the watercooled busses, and some of them aren't cheap. Converting a German aircooled bus to watercooled with all new factory parts would be a very expensive (not to mention labor-intensive) proposition. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. (215) 234-VWVW www.busdepot.com _ Toll-Free for Orders by Part #1-866-BUS-DEPOT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html --
Re: [T2] New Type 2s with radiators....
The Bus Depot sends: > Actually the legality issue would only apply to later busses, due to the > lack of provision for a CAT, plus of course pretty much any bus registered > in California. That isn't nearly as much of an issue as the other reason I > mentioned - the cost. There are a multitude of parts that are different on > the watercooled busses, and some of them aren't cheap. Converting a German > aircooled bus to watercooled with all new factory parts would be a very > expensive (not to mention labor-intensive) proposition. Labor-intensive yes, very expensive...relative. Yes, it would cost lots of green to do this if you're using all new parts. Then again, Boston Bob and Jake Raby aren't exactly selling bargain basement engines either. Search for "Vortec VW Bus" and you will see a guy who put a 4.3-liter Vortec V-6 bolted to a Porsche 959 transaxle into a Loaf. How he dealt with the catalytic converter problem is with a custom exhaust system. His cat lives under the left-hand battery tray, his muffler under the right, and he loops the exhaust pipes around the engine. Interesting idea: Detroit Diesel has a little automotive engine in 2.3l, 3.0l and 3.8l. The little one puts out over 100hp. One of those looks like it would tuck into the hole in the back real nice; engine adaption to the transmission is your responsibility, since Kennedy doesn't have an adapter plate for it. -- --jmowreader [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html --
Re: [T2] New Type 2s with radiators....
its more work then you think, the front nose clip is special, the front floor is special I even think the dash is made diffurent to hold the heater plus the water hoses from front to rear the best way is to forget it, but if you really HAD to do it you would need to buy a complete front clip, doorpost forward plus at least the bell housing for the tranny to mount the Golf engine.. easier to buy a vanagon ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html --
Re: [T2] New Type 2s with radiators....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says of watercooled Bus conversions: > its more work then you think, Oh trust me, I know exactly how much work it is because I'm doing one. Right now it runs but it ain't presentable. The radiator sits on a little frame I made from black-iron pipe with steel tabs welded to it in various strategic places; these tabs hold the frame to the Bus chassis and the radiator to the frame. Mounted to the radiator tabs is a Ford pickup radiator. There's five inches between the back of the radiator and the front of the Bus. I haven't decided how to hide the radiator--build a fake spare tire or make a Mexican-style black fiberglass shroud? Decisions, decisions. The Mexican-style shroud's pretty cool, though. Moving the fluid to the engine are two stainless pipes the same outside diameter as the inside diameter of my radiator hoses. Solves the problem of trying to adapt the hose to the radiator hoses. These run right inside the frame rails. There's the engine out of a Taurus back there. It has 135hp. Recommend not nailing the gas; easy acceleration is fine but just romping on it will do bad things to your clutch. It's sitting on a Kennedy adapter plate. You need an electric fuel pump to feed the beast. I got one from a FLAPS. It's a Bendix. I just asked for a fuel injection pump for a car that doesn't have the pump in the gas tank, and they fixed me up. Not sure what it was supposed to go on. I did the return by fiddling with the gas-filler connector on the tank. The exhaust system isn't done yet, but I'm doing what the gentleman who did the Vortec conversion did--cat under one battery box, muffler under the other, pipes looped around the engine. -- --jmowreader [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html --
