I keep reading that swapping out a type 1 motor for a type 4 is prohibitively expensive and that fitting a Subaru is a better option based on cost alone. What a load of arse. Discuss!
I guess over a 10 yr period the Subaru would be better value if you used it loads in terms of reliability, fuel and mechanical bills.
sell your type1 engined bus to some starry-eyed dreamers for top dollar during the summer months. buy a type 4 engined bus in the depths of winter with the proceeds. or stick with your type 1 and embrace the additional time to get to view the scenery as you drive along, slowly. tbh type 4 folks aren't really driving much faster either. Other option would be to look at what others did - look at Zed for example, he knows loads about vws, and he built a big capacity type 4 for his bus (although that argument falls down a bit given that guys like @pkrboo have ditched their type 4's for subaru...
I think you'd have to more specific on the alternatives; Type 4 engine into Type 1 engined bus requiring a gearbox change as well Type 4 into late late bay already with correct gearbox Which subaru engine - injection, turbo or even diesel. I have 2.0 Type 1 and it was prohibitively expensive anyway!
My reason was partly the challenge of doing it myself and partly because I tow poptopkitchen with it. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
I'm going the other way, ditching my reliable 2.0 type 4 for a knackered 1200 beetle engine then I'll be more VW that the rest of you, just like an early splittie
RU allowed to say @rse on this family friendly site? I'm about to ditch my Subaru for a T1 then I can say I have nearly gone full circle .... of course i'm not.
My Type 4 has been nothing but a pita since rebuild. Just go Subaru and save yourself a whole heap of pain.
I just bought an off the shelf Vega for mine. No trouble for the last 8 years apart from few leaks...... bravery statement eh ! Lol
I went Subaru because I kept reading of broken vans running no expense spared T4 engines. I suppose running isn't quite the right word
I am waiting for more crashed Teslas and going electric. Ill be driving into city centres across europe and pointing at the polluting brigade banned from everywhere.......or waiting for a big yellow taxi as my battery went flat !
have you seen how much those electric conversion kits cost though? you could get a subaru AND a type 4 .. seriously.