You can run...

Post by **Piledriver** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:12 pm

Is there a good website for vanagons? I have always generally avoided them before today...

OK kids, just became the proud owner of an 88 Wolfsburg edition Vanagon.
(A/C, auto, burgandy metallic ish color)

The heads have the usual corrosion/ leakage issues, and one has the typical crack between the seats. (perhaps both, saw one, saw enough)

I have seen the corrosion bit blasted out, fixed with JB weld, and the motors converted to atmospheric pressure cooling (propelyne glycol 100%, vented system) on several occasions, and have seen other motors (water cooled) with betewwn seat crack go 200K after the cracks were noticed...

If it costs too much to fix, I have a late automatic for a bug transplant, and a wasser to play with. (Too bad it's in pretty good shape otherwise)

The "Free, get it out of my yard" part was "priceless"

OTOH, the modern AC compressor is in the right place for the Porsche, and I have a good turbo off a XR4Ti... Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Off to google I go...

[This message has been edited by Piledriver (edited 02-07-2003).]

51MAN · Post by **51MAN** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 12:53 am

Free!!!!!!!!!!
Some people have all the luck.....
Si

Pillow · Post by **Pillow** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 8:32 am

Free! Arg, I am jealous.

There is a good website/BBS called either www.vanagon.com or .org

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Adrian Pillow
'66 VW Westfalia
'79 Porsche 911 SC - FS
VolkSport Kafer Gruppe

Post by **Piledriver** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 9:09 am

The wasser heads are interesting:
The "combustion chamber" is almost entirely in the piston, so the T4 pistons are a no-go, unless you want like 12:1 CR or so, but the valves aren't shrouded at ALL.

The stock US spec pistons have huge dishes, and huge, deep valve relief pockets. The deck seems pretty small... around the edges.

Does anyone have bin height/chamber volume measurements off these motors so we can look for compatible combinations?