Hi Thummper,

Thought you might like this.
My friend showed up in his Vanagon with a Subaru conversion. He wanted ultimate simplicity for travels through South America. Any thing that could be replaced by common off the shelf, readily avail parts, was. Ford escort distributer and belts, chevy rectifier/ignition module, hoses and fittings replaced with common size dime a dozen parts, and the fuel injection was removed and a weber carb installed It has an R1 motorcycle silencer, and the obligatory MSD coil. He also added "highway gearing" to the VW transmission. Says it will do 80mph no problem.