i have a 1990 volkswagen fox wagon. they were originally designed in Brazil for air-cooled vw boxer motors and i think the earlier ones had them. the ones we got in the US have a 1.8 inline 4 mounted longitudinally--i think its basically the same motor as golfs and jettas of the time. i was wondering if anyone knows of anyone who has put a subaru motor into one.

 

i'm thinking ea-81 or 82, or an ej series...or anything really, because i'm just curious...i'm not ready to make that conversion yet because its running fine right now, just like my 92 loyale which i'm not willing to take apart because it isn't being consumed by rust.... yet.(i'm in NY so its inevitable really)

ask yourself what you want to do with the car. are you looking for performance? reliability? easy maintainence? a show piece?

if the older trans to use an aircooled motor will be the same pattern as type 4 motor(which I imagine it uses) you can most likely bolt up a ej with the kennedy adapter. but personally Id just put a aba block with 1.816v head in the fox.