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Originally Posted by SportyBug
What an awesome machine. I've never seen one like that. Why do you wish you went with the Subaru H6 instead?
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There is an entire following for them and I also believe there is a couple of them over in the states.
http://www.karmann-coachbuilts.com/
The forum will usually pick up any that come up for sale. It's a very activate group of members on there.
As for the H6. I myself am more so familiar Subaru engines more so then anything. The van originally had a 1.6 TD Jx engine. The AFN is the last evolution of that engine which made sense as to why I went down this route. However living with the AFN, I would like to be able to stick the van into 5th gear and cruise at my desired speed up hill, down hill, where ever I want to go...... 65MPH is top speed as any faster and things don't feel good. The AFN just doesn't have enough guts to do what I want out of it. The H6 i feel would be able too. I could go for a an Audi V6/8 however I'm pretty sure the engine hatch will need raising which then imposes into the living space. In hindsight the Subaru H6 and a Subaru gears conversion most probably. In reality I'll just get the AFN tuned as gaining torque from the 1.9tdi is easily obtained from a remap. Also I have a flipped Audi box fitted in place of the VW 3H. With my larger rear wheels my 5th gear is unusable. I just need more power
