Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 23:48:43 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: 102mph - Turbo vs. 6-cylinder
Hi Erik and others,
If i would have to choose a VW engine, it would be the 1.8T, i think it's
one of the best engine VW as ever did! A friend of mine, Peter, work as a
mechanic for a VW dealer, so last year i spent a day with him, he had to
work on a 1.8T (cooked turbo) wile his friend was working on a VW V6cyl, men
the guy working on the 6cyl was swearing all the time, but my friend did
not! nice design on the 1.8T!
But, let's wait and see... today, i had to work on my friend Jetta, a 1.9
TDI engine, we had the fuel pump fix (rebuilt-1000$) a few days ago and we
had to change many small coolant line under this leaky pump.. men ho men...
Power! yea, this thread is funny, i know, i started it, but still.
i really think that 130-170 hp is more than enough for a camper, even too
much sometime. it's a big vehicle, my 85 is quite high, i would not like to
take a curve to fast when fully loaded (it happen yesterday), i think that
anything over 150hp is almost to much if you don't know how to use that power.
The 2.5 Subi is a fine power plant, at least for me and for that kind of van
(what Vanaru don't know is that my engine is not stock no more... but that
is another story...OBD2 is nice for that!). I won't say it's a rocket ship,
far from it, my SV1000S-130hp-90+ of torque-350 pounds motorcycle IS a
rocket ship, so i know what power is. My friend GSX-1300 Busa - modified
turbo beast at 180hp-130pds of torque is a doubble rocket ship. But a
Vanagon... is still a camper van!
I have never seen a 1.8T into the Vanagon engine bay? i would be curious
seing pictures.
As for parts breaking (CV's, tranny), just use that power carefully!
everything should hold fine.
Now, we need a bigger fuel tank!
Ben
http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/vanaru63.jpg
On Tue, 22 May 2007 13:36:02 -0700, Erik Lundberg <ealundberg74@YAHOO.COM>
wrote:
>I know the Subaru has long been one of the primary
>engine swaps in the Vanagon, and for good reason too.
>They are strong at 130+ hp for the EJ22 and more for
>the newer engines, reliably run for hundreds of
>thousands of miles, and are clean burners.
>
>Still, there are other options that, while perhaps
>slightly more expensive, provide more horsepower and
>torque while additionally being reliable and clean. I
>have had a 1.8T in my 85 Westfalia for 5000 miles now,
>and in it's chipped form produces 215+ hp and 240+
>ft-lbs of torque. It is clean burning, reliable,
>modern, Volkswagen, and fun to drive all in one
>package. I had a shop perform the install, and it
>cost roughly $1500 more than the EJ22 another shop was
>going to install for me, certainly worth it for the
>additional 70 horsepower. Just a consideration for
>some of you.
>
>Erik
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