[davew833]

The girl who bought it first told me the EJ25/Vanagon conversion kit is cheaper than the EG33 kit and she thinks the EJ25 is 'more reliable'-- I didn't mention the chronic problem earlier EJ25's have with head gaskets blowing. Even with 175 hp from an EJ25, she's getting almost double the HP she'd get from a stock Vanagon engine, and if someone cut up an Outback wagon to get the EJ25, who cares.

I have mixed feelings about her because she was going to give me the SVX (minus the engine) for next to nothing after she pulled the engine. Parting it out would have been a no-brainer then. Now instead I have another intact SVX that I paid more than I should have for, and I hate to part out a running car. Time will tell whether this deal ultimately pays for itself.