10V Turbo swap question

[David Kase]

Yeah, no kidding!  Anyone know the capacity of a Vanagon (in cases of beer)?

Dave K.
e//S2

Ben Swann wrote:

>Ouchie on the light - I knew I should have insured that puppy.
>
>I'd be interested in picking up a Vanagon Syncro and dropping an I5 into it
>- just seems like the perfect combo for a RENN Campermobile.
>
>Ben
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Stevens [mailto:dosteven at syr.edu] 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:40 PM
>To: benswann at comcast.net
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: 10V Turbo swap question
>
>Ben thanks for the response.. 
>
>on the rearward engine bit, the SA vanagons ran the 5cyl NA engines 2.3 &
>2.5s i think. 
>no need to rotate backwards, the input is in the same rotational direction. 
>on the fit, the 5cyl is tall, a 2WD needs a decklid extension, a syncro can
>have it's engine mounts lowered some and fits, but lose a little ground
>clearance. 
>I plan on a mix of the 2.. max ground clearance min invasion in interior
>panels.  
>I've found a few good websites for 10vt to 4000 swaps.  
>
>and thanks for the donor DS headlight. I'll get some $$ to you shortly. to
>cover time and effort.. 
>I'm sticking with my 5000 2wd light for now, the Turbo one developed a lot
>more broken pieces in the postal truck.
>
>Dan stevens
>1987 5000cs turbo quattro 
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>>>>"Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net> 2/8/2006 12:09:38 PM >>>
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>Dan,
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>The computer functions are totally auxiliary to the engine operation.  You
>would need to install these as an entirely separate subset of wiring, etc.
>or not at all.
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>
>Fuel pump cutout related to boost pressure is handled within the ECU. - a
>wire (pin 21 - See pinout)  controls the fuel pump relay.
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>I may be mistaken, but you may need to install and rework the engine in the
>vanagon syncro so it runs backwards( cam, crank seals) - I'm not sure.  You
>might want to do some searches on this.  It may be the transmission handles
>this.
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> 
>
>Anyway, other than that, the engine management system can be made to run
>standalone as long as you have the Idle stabilizer control unit as well as
>the ECU, proper fuel pump relay setup,  and of course 12V positive and
>ground connections.
>
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>I laid out some of this wiring detail - see:
>
>http://ben_swann.homestead.com/MCWiring.html 
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>
>Ben 
>
>benswann at comcast.net 
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