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Return-Path: <vintagebus-request@type2.com> Received: from rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (rly-yc01.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.33]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v56.24) with SMTP; Fri, 05 Feb 1999 01:02:50 -0500 Received: from rotary.type2.com (rotary.type2.com [216.98.11.13]) by rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id XAA09357; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:05:52 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by rotary.type2.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id TAA01288; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:41:20 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rotary.type2.com: slist set sender to vintagebus-request@type2.com using -f Received: from imo19.mx.aol.com (imo19.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.9]) by rotary.type2.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA00254 for <vintagebus@type2.com>; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:30:41 -0500 (EST) From: Veeduber@aol.com Received: from Veeduber@aol.com by imo19.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id MRDNa20089; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:21:25 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <acc7bcda.36ba0145@aol.com> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:21:25 EST To: vintagebus@type2.com Cc: Veeduber@aol.com Subject: Subaru engine X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 Mime-Version: 1.0 Tä…ôtype: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Forwarded for comment: << Subj: which subaru engine swaps in? Date: 99-02-04 08:44:41 EST From: the-mad-bastard@home.com To: vintagebus@type2.com (dubbus) hello, i've been informed by more than one person that a subaru motor is a good swap for the old buses. thing is, it hasn't been specified which motor it is that swaps. apparently it is 145hp stock, but donor what car am i going to have to find for this procedure? thank you. jason the mad bastard >> >> To All, The most suitable Subaru engine for Type II's has proven to be the pushrod 1800cc engine used in Subaru 4wd vehicles. The later model Subaru 145hp OHC fuel-injected engines specify timing belt replacement at 60,000 miles. The two belts (ie, one per cam) are expensive and their replacement is NOT a trivial chore. By comparision, the earlier pushrod 1800 is stone reliable, typically racking up 150,000 miles before needing so much as a valve job. Best of all, the 90hp 1800cc engine's torque & rpm closely match the requirements of the VW Transporter. If you'd like more information on engine swaps a good place to start would be with the catalog from Kennedy Engineered Products (KEP), who manufacture adapters allowing you to mate a wide range of engines to the VW transmission. See their ads in the VW-specific magazines. When it comes to replacing the VW engine with one of another make, there's no such thing as a 'bolt-up' but of all available donor engines, and their number is quite large, the Subaru powerplant is closest in size, weight and configuration to the VW engine, albeit nearly twice as powerful and at least four times as durable. But even with the Subaru, such a conversion is far from a 'bolt up'. Indeed, thanks to the adapter plates and converted flywheels available from Kennedy, the mechanical assembly of such conversions is the easiest part of the task. But a truly successful conversion hinges on successfully dealing with a wg;tÊ relatively obscure details, such as the radiator plumbing runs, heater connections and the accelerator linkage. -Bob Hoover