Vanagon SVX Subaru testdrive

[Vidiwell100]

"Slow down"?! Do you really think he was going to just slow down and say "Oh yeah you're right, I shouldn't be going fast while making a video of how fast my van is" and do you think he really heard your nagging voice over that roaring engine, surely creating a monster wind in his ears? Here's a little tip; when a man's speeding in his vehicle, shut up, let him have his moment and complain later so you don't taint the video like you did. Everyone will be better Human beings in the end.

[VictusDwayne]

If I ever have wife, that becomes a soccer mom, I'm making damn sure she has one of these, so I can have it on weekends. :D

[izanpretorius81]

It weighs about 1800kg

[izanpretorius81]

How about fuel consumption when you drive it under normal conditions?

[drimmie]

How much does the typical Vanagon weigh? That thing moves pretty good with the ej33. I cant wait to see how it works out in my subaru legacy

[cmscms123456]

Dear Santa.....

[herbienbrian2]

WOW, speechless!!

Thats what you use when you gotta get somewhere fast, comfortabley, with a lot of people.

[naorfromisraeldesert]

very very nice

[nysecretweapon]

what year is the vanogan

[16vmini]

just about to start my SVX conversion ...cant wait

[1foxtrot70]

Do you have any stats on fuel comsumption? Excellent video, I have often wondered why VW never offered a 6 cyl in the Vanagon it has always been woefully underpowered. Keep up the great work!

[katanaburner]

That is very cool!

[huntclubjoe]

You can't drive worth a fuck. Nice van, though!

[JeepCrazyMe]

Sweet! Nice job!  So... where's the engine? In the front or rear?

[lowcider]

really nice van!

[FlametopFred]

the sound of the Suby engine is awesome

[Nicodemus2007]

I need to know where you got your parts! I'm getting ready to drop an H6 3l into a 1985 Westy. I need to find a flywheel, coolant plumbing, air intake, and exhaust. Thanks!

[Offnosch]

Great Car, great Sound!

[elrodjones]

While I was watching this I thought I heard my '77 Westy crying out side......

[notpurple]

LOVE IT!! i think i now have a new dream car.

[Saferetias]

of all cars to put it in u use that big piece of shit

[salamalycoom]

I was advised that the VW manual gear box can't handle the extra power. How has the gearbox coped after all this time?. I'd love to do the same. cheers

[nitishk9]

I like the twisted Canyon Road, where is this,

[step4560]

OMG! That is just too cool! and so close to home - I know that road!

[Pythes]

The best comes from Japan.

[Pythes]

Only thing I'd be jealous of is the fact that I can't put piles of money into a car like some people put into gay ass vans. I'd mod something worth a damn, not something Germany shat out and regreted it.

[Ryoukun16]

@Pythes Everything's made by Germany. Grow up.

[SakoTGrimes]

Hahaha! Never thought I'd see a Vanagon haul ass, sounds nice!

[420witchdoctor]

Fucking sick as fuck. I want, I need! Actually, I want a camper with this setup jajajajajajajajaja!!!

[Pythes]

Gay, Vanagons are for fags

[SakoTGrimes]

@Pythes Sounds like someone's jealous.

[bandslater]

@Pythes is that why your watching this??

[boogerchamp]

@Pythes Says the guy who favorites the old spice shirtless old spice ads. LOL Somebody has a man crush!



[biggdaddy2001]

are u the same guy that made the wrx quad???

[jjmqwerty]

i can run mine like that but i have to watch it because the mufflers are too loud. the subaru is the best answer for vw replacement power

[noahman27]

alright! You got me. I love it!

Noah

87 Syncro wbx

[bugguy73]

if you didn't drive it like a crazy person, that would be the most practical van.

[pf126p]

Aren't you afraid of rolling it??

[zerosk8erfreak15]

Props, very nice Vanagon. Looks pretty damn fun to drive!

[Philx4xFar]

Holy shit, it can actually move! That's exactly the engine I want in my '85 Westy..

[aRCturbonetics]

And tranny is from which car?

[bhr0p3r]

slow down man!!!

[MsPacojones]

esto suena a porsche nada de subaru

[ZackMcLeish13]

LOL i want that van xD sounds nice

[bigbear1684]

a friend of mine put a 6 cyl aircooled gm corvair engine and gearbox (*circa 1969) in his with a pair of dellorto 44 it runs when u put your foot to the floor

[raceace24]

Don't take this the wrong way, but it looks like you're flogging the snot out of it and only keeping up with traffic.

[robotmonkey73]

understand that these vans come 90hp stock so this is a big deal hahaha.

[scdevon]

Wow. A Vanagon that can actually get out of its own way!

[irishsights]

i looooooooooooooove it!!! awesome!!!!!!!!!

[anvil357]

I think I may have found an idea to put one in my 63 bus

[veedubgeezer]

sounds perfect!

[Turbojuppes]

woooah great sound! :D

[tobasco77]

WOW!! That thing is FING AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE the Exhaust Note!!!!!!!!

WOW!!! SO Fing original and COOL!!!!

Sounds BEAUTIFUL!!!

I have to build one of these!!

[HitcherX]

the backlights?? i want to have them!!

[wavesport01]

wanna sell it?

[digitsync2]

Not too fast, it can flip over.

[moehre3888]

That's what my T3 is dreaming about 8-) Sounds like Porsche 911, amazing and even oldschool - just GREAT!

[paulhunter123]

fuking sweeeeeeeeeet

[crusTodd]

Did you use a kit to do the swap? What do you have for exhaust on it?

[subireza]

Man, I bet that thing HAULS. That is so awesome.

[essgodard]

MINT MINT MINT! What transmission/clutch are you using? Please let me know. Great vid thanks~!

[svxcarat]

Vanagon 5 speed transmission with 4.57 ring&pinion, peloquin lim. slip diff., 1.14 4th and 0.70 5th. Kennedy stage 2 press. plate with normal disk

[FlametopFred]

@svxcarat - - that's funny. To my ears it sounded like the Kennedy stage 1 press.

[fonecrusher1]

love it.

[wahwahrockwah]

That sounds beautiful. Looks like it gave your tired old Vanagon moves you never knew it had! haha Check out some of my SVX movies, if you like.

[Paisley37]

what did u do to the runnign gear

didnt leave it stock did u

[ArmAFan]

:D :D vanvagon that sound like a sports car lol :D

I bet this car can beat any ricer honda civic :D

[NFreund]

wow, der sound is ja mal absolut genial....wie krieg ihc das denn aus meinem EJ20?^^

[svxcarat]

es ist ein EG33 3.3liter sechscylinder. Ich glaube ein 2 liter 4 cylinder wird sich nie so anhoeren

biss denn

Marco

[blue7500]

Hey that twisty bit of road is just by the Corte Madera water sanitation plant! I knew I recognized it from somewhere, I love that bit. Awesome van, too. :D

[DjEep71]

Yeah, that's the one that goes from Bolinas to Fairfax, eh? I love that road! Charged in many times in my buses. Even found an anomaly there where I swear the bus was rolling up hill.

[nickharris007]

how sexy is that van???

[maplelaffs]

finally a dub that can climb a hill

[CSHracer]

damn I need one of those in my van... I am putting a subby EJ22 in it, which will provide a 60% increase in power... but thats nothing compared to the 230ph+ the SVX puts out... nearly a 300% increase in power from stock.

[NAATRO]

FLI-PAS¡

MUUUUU GUAPO.

[ESPsplit]

Das Ding heisst "VW T2 Multivan Magnum" Uhr Beschissenen Drecks Jenkys!!!!!!

[svxcarat]

Zu erst mal bin Ich kein "Jenky" Zweitens ist es ein T3 und drittens ist das doch wol egal oder?

[BIGBLOCKv10]

Hallo! Gratuliere, der maschine tönt echt gut! Habe auch so einen VW bus mit 2.1l motor, und würde sehr gerne einen projeckt anfangen. Was für einen subaru motor hast du eingebaut? Ist die getriebe auch subaru? Könntest du mir vielleicht ein par tips geben?

Gruss

[sunstarfire]

@ESPsplit Und drittens heisst es Yankee wenn, und es ist wirklich egal. Meine Güte. Geiles Auto, Marco, Sound ist toll, und die T3s sind eh cool :)

[justwanderin]

me too, me too !!! gimme, gimme....

[jeepmor]

Thanks for sharing, cool ride.

[KGranTurismo]

Nice Job. Nice engine accelerate noise at 0:25, then slow down Tommy, lol. Im certain the EG33 only came in a 4sp Auto, what 5 speed manual transmission did you end up using?

[svxcarat]

Hey there

I used a german 5 speed Vanagon tranny

It has a peloquin lim. slip diff and a 1.14 4th and 0.70 5th

thanks

Marco

[jaggass]

does anyone know if the vw 2.4 td engine used in the LT and volvo 740, 940 would fit in a vw T3?

[saosurvive126]

The 5 cyl....Hmm....You could probably make anything fit.

[saosurvive126]

The 5 cyl....Hmm....You could probably make anything fit. I'm sure it would, but I'm not sure if it would work well with a transaxle. I've heard of people putting the VW 1.9 TDI engine in a Vanagon.

[jaggass]

no the straight 6cyl 2.4 diesel

[saosurvive126]

Yeah thats what I meant. The 5 cyl. is the 2.0L. I have a 2.4 N/A laying my garage.

[elperikles123]

nice vanagon. great aceleration i have vanag 88 with 1.8l watercooled with carbuetor but is slow.how speed your transmision? thanks

[svxcarat]

it's a 5 speed vanagon transmission

[Hiramirah]

To really enjoy that video - someone would have to have climbed a mountain with a stock engine a few times. Excellent acceleration shots on the uphill sections. Inspirational

[thetjaap]

slow down sweety... LOL... nice van mate..

[HouseShowcase]

bro that is simply insane - very cool engine to use

[tonytough1]

Awesome! Nice Van, nice sound, nice speed...

[donutdrifter]

touge van ftw!

[lom1998]

that engine sounds awesome... great work. i bet that thing is fun to drive now. thanks for the video

[darkeneddreams]

I want i want i want :D

Awesome!!

[SCTVW]

Such a fun car!! Love them.

[tcknapp1984]

I'm not usually a fan of frankensteins but thats very cool I must say

[Jappmannen]

I really got to put an engine like that in my bulli sooner or later, the engine is similar to a Porsche engine and you can really hear it!

[MarcllewsorC]

such a nice machine

[svxcarat]

thanks . I've put a lot of work into it

Marco

[boxerbus]

Thank you!how long have you been driving by now? Do you think, the gearbox will resist the torque (i think it´s more than the double now)with the new diff.,ring and pinion?what topspeed would you have now?(yes, that´s not the reason why...)Greetings,Hanno

[svxcarat]

Hallo Hanno

Das Getriebe funktioniert einwandfrei. Habe es seit 4 Monaten im Wagen

Biss denn

Marco

[AbrairaProductions]

Can u send them to Jacksonville florida.

[AbrairaProductions]

Cool. Do you sell vanagons to anywhere in the U.S.?

[svxcarat]

give me a call at the buslab

510 841 6400

Thanks Marco

[AbrairaProductions]

how much did it cost to do an engine conversion like this?

[svxcarat]

about 13000$ but I did it myself

I own a Vanagon Shop in Berkeley called the Buslab

[AbrairaProductions]

how much did it cost to do a conversion like this?

[vanagon555]

love it...!!!! who did your tranny???

[svxcarat]

Rick Long in Sebastopol

(Long Enterprises)

[lukasz12us]

mymy, sounds awesome, much like Porsche 911

[boxerbus]

I cant sllep anymore now...What gearbox do you use?

[svxcarat]

Vanagon 5 Speed with Peloquin lim. slip diff

4.57 ring&pinion

1.14 4th

0.70 5th

[guyver280z]

Awesome!!! I love it!!!

[vwsyncroguy]

Great Marco,

I like the sounds....

Warren

[DeltaJet757]

NICE!!

By the way, looks like Marin County.

[svxcarat]

It's Marin County. Mount Tam and and San Rafael

[Vanagone]

Very nice! The SVX sounds really good. I can still take you though! :p

[svxcarat]

Youre STI has a little more horsepower then mine.

[McMe]

Too bad the 091 isn't geared for the EJ33..... My wife has never told me to "slow down" while driving my T3s. Awesome.

[Zryuken]

eg33.

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Sweet ride.

[McMe]

EG!... Ooops.