This was an enormous, exhausting, exhilarating, adventurous and at times painful project. More than anything it was an absolute blast, and Jacqui and I know the tight deadline we set for ourselves added to the chaos. We arrived at the DIY auto shop with a van full of parts and spent eight days, nine Uber (cab) rides, a dozen runs to part stores, two last minute internet orders and countless task repetitions to complete our swap
Read MoreAircooled Vanagon to M-TDI Swap Part 1: Pre-Swap Prep.
Fall 2014. New cylinder heads on our 2.0L aircooled motor.
Why on earth would we take that perfectly good running air-cooled motor that I recently put brand new cylinder heads on, and throw it out for a completely different power plant? (Side note, it's for sale.)
Well for one, if the PennyWagon was simply a weekend adventure vehicle, I wouldn't; but she's far more than that.
Read More