Ultimate Vanagon

[ColeB]

#32855

Boxeer Greg is still one project away from getting to this and then I will have more updates.

[Franz]

#33033

Going tdi now? Dang, that was a lot of work for an experiment.

 

[John Jones]

#33036

it must be April fools day?? right???    8-(  HOLY cow…..

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Andym]

#33052

Wow!!

[Franz]

#33060

It seems like Subaru stopped producing and supporting the ee20 engine.

It doesn’t make much sense to a potential Subaru buyer to pay for an optional engine that has troublesome design flaws.

We were running a proprietary stand-alone ecu that didn’t have the computerized glow plug circuit or intake air heater. Plus, I’m hearing the ee20 engine has a tendency to blow head gaskets due high combustion pressures.

The parts for this engine are not available world-wide…and supplies are already drying-up.

[Baja Mark]

#33061

Surely one of the VW PD TDI engines would make a lot more sense – bulletproof and bucketfuls of torque, esp when remapped – my old PD130 Golf was an awesome vehicle – 80k in 4 years and never missed a beat, plus 53mpg+

[ColeB]

#33070

Ya, very hard decision… KB and I are in love with the ee20. But with the issues we have had and the basically 0 parts ANYWHERE in the world it’s hard to continue with the ee20. KB is bummed, but he just wants to be able to use the ultimate vanagon. I think this will be better in the long run. Just a really hard way to learn

[John Jones]

#33077

I’m glad it’s not here….. and hope it stays away! 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Willy]

#34051

This thing is still a UNIT 💪

[Willy]

#44010

Saw on Instagram that this thing is back home at the Sailing Bridges compound!

[ColeB]

#45301

Well…. I got home on Friday and Emilee wanted to go camping… so we left 2 hours later. Haha I was tired from all the driving and the week of work at KCW. But glad we got out! Beautiful weekend. I haven’t driven this thing with the new motor. So KB said to take it and test it out! Ran great. Fun time. Even met up with Seth and Steph again. Look close. Put on some Virus protection

[Willy]

#45319

Bad ass dude

[Franz]

#45328

Did you test the lockers? 🙂

[ColeB]

#45329

Middle and rear! This thing feels unstoppable! And the diesel allows you to just slowly crawl at a lower rpm and it still pulls!

[ColeB]

#45561

West Desert social distancing! Emilee wanted to see some of the stuff we did on the Utah 300 trip last year. Found cool new stuff too! Lots of dirt roads to explore!

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