Question for KEP (re: Syncro Install)
QUESTION+++ Do you have Syncro specific air intake plumbing?? (If
so I don't have it in the kit I received.)
I understand that you have sold quite a few kits to Syncro owners.
The Syncro has
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Plastic plumbing
Here is a "heads up":
Excerpt from "Repowering the Vanagon" brochure from KEP
RADIATOR PLUMBING. Copper tubing is the easiest way to plumb the radiator. Copper is not compatible with the aluminum
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KEP <kennedy@...>
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Re: In the Group
I am glad to have your website address as I have heard about it and can pass
it on the others.
Thanks,
Susan
Kennedy Engineered Products
38830 17th St. East
Palmdale, CA 93550
(661) 272-1147
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KEP <kennedy@...>
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Additions to my Vanaru
Hi fellow Subaruvians,
Once you get past wiring hell and into trouble free motoring you might start
getting bored because there is nothing left to do but change the oil, now
and
then. Don't
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Ron Bloomquist <roadcow@...>
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Re: In the Group
Hi Susan,
Have you seen my "Urabus" site detailing our Vanagon-Subaru conversion (http://www.cycoactive.com/urabus)? My brother and I did two conversions last year at the same time. Our site gets
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Tom Myers <TomMyers@...>
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In the Group
Hi,
Ok, we are in the group. We get questions daily about the Subaru Vanagon conversion. Let us know what you want us to pass on.
Anything I can't answer goes to Hobert for his
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KEP <kennedy@...>
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Re: Vanaru
Drew Bedford wrote:
Drew,
You should have no problem selling that engine. Just advertise it on the
Vanagon list. I sold the 2.1 out of mine to a guy from Denver, met him in
Grand Junction to do the
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Re: Major Wiring Progress + One Question
A suggestion when building your harness: Move your check-engine light and the related connectors (the black and the green error-code connectors) such that they are accessible thru the license plate
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Tom Myers <TomMyers@...>
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Major Wiring Progress + One Question
A rainy Sunday in San Francisco allowed me to concentrate on my
wiring and make some major progress. Finally, got it pared down to
the essentials with all the useless stuff cut away and all the
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Vanaru
Greetings,
Great list idea. I've got a 1.9l Westy that I'm dying to Subarize.
First I've got this brand new rebuilt Wasserbox to sell. Gotta
finance
the Subaru purchase. I'll read with interest
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Drew Bedford <drew@...>
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Re: Urabus, intro
Tom Myers wrote:
Tom ,
You guys did a great job! I'm sure many of us on this list have been
inspired to do the swap by visiting your site. I had been considering it
for some time, when a Legacy came
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Re: Very Interested in this group
Mike Barfield wrote:
Mike,
It doesn't matter if you have a manual trans in the Vanagon, but I think
the ECU needs to match the engine and wiring harness. In other words,
the ECU's differ slightly
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Re: Very Interested in this group
Larry,
I spoke w/ Kennedy about using a Subaru ECU from a automatic v. a manual. He
said that it didn't make any difference. Have you heard/seen different? I have
a manaul Westy and the
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Mike Barfield <barfield@...>
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D-Day +1
Started late today removing the dead wasserboxer from the van. It's real easy
to do when you know that the engine your removing is worthless. Anything that
won't be used in the conversion can be
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Mike Barfield <barfield@...>
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Re: Very interested in this group.
Marshall:
Regarding availability of parts in Canada (I assume you're talking
about the Subaru engine and related parts). I spoke to at least a
half dozen wrecking yards who were all willing to
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Re: Very Interested in this group
Marshall Ruskin wrote:
Marshall,
The KEP wiring diagram is a layout that provides a drawing of what the
final harness should look like. You can place the ECU, plugs, and wires
on the full sized
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Urabus, intro
Hello,
I have a 18985 Westy with a Subaru 2.2L. It was a very satisfying project. I put up a website back in Nov '99 detailing the conversion as best I could. I continiue to add to it from time to
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Tom Myers <TomMyers@...>
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Re: Very Interested in this group
Yes, I am thinking about it seriously.
In Canada, we don't have ready access to the parts market US listees do, so
it's gonna be tougher to get the used components.
Also, I haven't seen the wiring
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Marshall Ruskin <MRUSKIN@...>
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pmail
Warren,
I've noticed that, unlike the Vanagon list, that the message header on
this list includes a "reply to" address that IS the list. That makes
pmialing the sender a bit more difficult. Can this
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Re: Very Interested in this group
Marshall Ruskin wrote:
Marshall,
There are differences in the ECU for manual and automatic trans', and
wiring color codes change with no discernible pattern as to year or
model. Why this happened,
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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