I should have done that in my 87 Vanagon GL! That would have been so sick.

 

Yeah! I had an '85 Vanagon wasserboxer for many years, I loved it except it was gutless (1.9L 88hp). I can't imagine if it had the power my WRX has. Very very nice!

 

The 85 was a 4 speed manual, that car was sooooo much fun. Id have a great time restoring one and putting an EJ20 in it.

 

That's awesome, props to that guy.

 

There are kits available for this conversion, do a google search for "VANARU"
heres a good detailed site of the swap http://www.mcn.org/b/roadcow/convert.html

 

umm just wondering.. how do you get air flow to the intercooler ?

 

i dont think you do, at least not in that pic...

 

wouldnt it over heat?

 

Lets hope his wagon doesnt catch on fire like it said in the interview... otherwise dammnnn that is sick, he should really get a drop on it, i think the ride height is kinda high

 

The turbo would get really hot, and then the engine compartment would get really hot. And then the car would catch on fire. He needs to fabricate a way to get the intercooler under the car at an angle so it weeps in air. here is a diagream: horizontal lines are the vans underbody from the side, slanty line is the intercooler.
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or get a custom piping front mount intercooler. Talk about long piping though

Nick

 

an air-to-water intercooler would be perfect for that car

 

i dont think it would get hot enough to catch fire... having the intercooler not... uh intercooling.... wouldnt it just not produce as much hp...