audi 10v turbo in a VW van?

[Joshua Van Tol]

>There would be MAJOR fabrication involved to mount the I5 longitudinally as
>it's about twice as long as the boxer. It's most likely too long to fit
>transversely, and even then fitting a transmission for it would be nearly
>impossible.  My daily driver is an '82 Vanagon (216,000 mi, with about 100k
>on the rebuild), and swaps have crossed my mind- a VW VR6 is very tempting :)
>  Eurospec offers a kit to swap a Digifant VW 1.8L inline 4 from the
>Golf/Jetta into the Vanagon, and it's pretty reasonable when compared to the
>$4,000 + required for a full rebuild of the VW motor.  European Car did a
>review of it a couple of years back, and it was quite favorable.  I think
>they can also swap the smaller I5 from the Eurovan into a Vanagon as well. 
>The 1.8 is FAR more reliable, has adequate power (115hp I think, and similar
>torque), and won't blow off it's cylinder head as the boxers tend to do with
>theirs.  The ability of the stock Vanagon tranny to handle 10V turbo power is
>questionable as well.  Good luck whatever you do!
>

Actually, the I5 does fit. It's an available option on south african 
vanagons, and several people have done it as a retrofit. Check out 
the archives on www.vanagon.com. Ken Wilford over there was involved 
in selling a kit to install an audi I5 in the vanagon, although I 
think he only offers I4 kits now. Also, AFIK, the eurovan I5 is more 
or less the same as the audi I5. Actually, it has greater 
displacement, but shares many block dimensions, because people on 
this list speak of building big bore audi engines utilizing eurovan 
blocks, cranks, etc...
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Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com