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Holden V6 Vs ej22 in bay ???

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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#341534
why not get the porsche engine thats on ebay at the moment.
bolts straight on to a 2 litre box?

oh yeah, it's $6k 🙂

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#342472
MikeM wrote:The EJ is a better all around solution as you don't have to cut up the kombi. I'm a big fan of preserving VWs. Bay windows are the Splits of tommorow. If we cut them all up in 20 years time on the forum there will be people asking why some idiot cut up that mint 76 bus to put an ancient 25 year old clapped out 2000 model V6 in it.
If they were all cranky about a V6, they'd be just as cranky about an EJ.

I think they'd refer to them as a "period modification". There are heaps of buggies and buses from the 80s with corvair motors and V8s and such and people love em. As long as the conversion's done well, most people wouldn't care. Besides, the rate everything's going there be replace panels for every part of the bay window by then, you could just reverse it all to air-cooled if you wanted.

I reckon it's like this;
v6 - lots of towing, big torque. But this means a heavily modded gbox with taller ratios.
EJ22 - value for dollars, but less power.

I think there'd be parts easily available for both motors in most places, but if you live out the back of bourke the V6 might win coz mechanics know dunnydores (commodores) better.

[Edited on 23/4/2005 by pete wood]
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