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Huge horsepower gain... HUGE

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So I am currently getting a serious mod done to the Delica at CC autos. Probably the biggest horsepower gain you can get in one mod. Its a lot of work though... are you curious? Its got me stoked.

Swapping my engine... soon to be a petrol power plant like docsavage's beauty. It will truly live up to its name "the silver bullet"

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Tease.

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:? *grin* i couldnt resist...
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What other engines can fit in there?
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What a cool project. You must be very excited! :-D
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Like swapping a 6G72 twin turbo?
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Hi, josh,
you dont need to swap engine if you need a delica gas engine Delica. i know somebody in alberta who is selling his gas engine no modification on the engine mount or other thing. you can modify the engine & or head but the structure of the engine mount & other wont be the same.as when running your delica in the highway. this is just my though.
he has this gas delica with gas engine. i think he would sell if for $5,500 for the car. its a grade4 car with 8 passenger. green color. good price & car no rust.
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Hey everyone, I was on the road the last few days...
Todd64 wrote:What other engines can fit in there?
Honestly I am not completely sure with all the options, but I am just going with the regular gas engine that came in a 92 model (pardon my ignorance!)
konadog wrote:What a cool project. You must be very excited! :-D
Konadog, I am super stoked. I drove James' van and couldnt get over the difference. I am really looking forward to it.
MardyDelica wrote:Hi, josh,
you dont need to swap engine if you need a delica gas engine Delica. i know somebody in alberta who is selling his gas engine no modification on the engine mount or other thing. you can modify the engine & or head but the structure of the engine mount & other wont be the same.as when running your delica in the highway. this is just my though.
he has this gas delica with gas engine. i think he would sell if for $5,500 for the car. its a grade4 car with 8 passenger. green color. good price & car no rust.
Cheers;
Mardy, thanks for the suggestion, but I do love my van, and I worked out a barter of sorts with Glen.

Josh.
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A Cummins 5.9 would be a nice upgrade. :-D
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Todd64 wrote:A Cummins 5.9 would be a nice upgrade. :-D
Reminds me of some pictures I saw of a police special VW Beetle made for the French highway patrol. It looked stock until you noticed the 5-bolt hubs and the air vents in front of the rear wheels. It was in fact mid-engined, with a Porsche 911 engine where the rear seat used to be.

Sort of a pre-historic Cayman, come to think of it... :-)

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I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my old VW mechanic had a ratty old mid-seventies VW bus... with a Porsche motor in it! Crazy fast. He would do off the line races with guys who thought he was kidding around and poking fun at his old bus - until the light turned green :o VAH- ROOM!!!
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i drove docsavages petrol deli the other day, and im pretty friggen jealous. he can actualy burn out and shoot off the line. also i really wish i bought a 5 speeds standard, as the doc taught me how to drive one!

cool mod josh! ill have to come check it out in the fall when im back up your way.
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Patty,

I'll be in whistler late may... like the 20th or so... want to meet up then?

Josh
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