Rebuilt Watercooled Engines

We have built our industry leading reputation on our waterboxer engine program. Our staff of  mechanical engineers, expert machinists and engine assemblers have been dedicated to furthering the development of the water cooled flat four for over 15 years. Our goal is to build the worlds most powerful, reliable, efficient & smog legal waterboxer engines that money can buy. If this is the type of power plant you want in your vehicle, you have come to the right place. 

GoWesty Rebuilt Engines for 1983-1985 Vanagon 
Looking for a replacement for your tired 1.9 liter (83-85) Vanagon? GoWesty offers a 2200cc and 2300cc replacement engine for the 83-85 Vanagon. In order to get to 2200cc's, we replace the 69mm stroke crankshaft that is originally fitted in the 1.9 liter engine with a 76mm stroke crankshaft that the 2.1 liter engines came with standard. Our 2.3 liter uses a specially machined crankshaft with a 78.65mm stroke. Then, instead of using the 1.9 liter pistons and heads, we use our own design 2.2 or 2.3 liter pistons and new cylinder heads of the later 2.1 liter design. The result is an engine that produces more power and efficiency than was ever offered from the factory. Our 2200 costs not much more money than what it would cost to properly rebuild a 1.9 liter engine back to stock.  And, either displacement engine fits right in with no modifications required to the injection, fuel, cooling, or exhaust systems.

GoWesty Rebuilt Engines for 1986-1991  Vanagon
The original 86-91 2.1 waterboxer has a 76mm crankshaft stroke, and a 94mm piston diameter, and has an exact displacement of 2110cc. It has a compression ratio of approximately 8.6:1 and is rated at 90hp and 117 ft-lbs of torque. The standard GoWesty rebuilt engine uses the same, original 76mm crankshaft, but our own proprietary, US built, forged 96mm piston, yielding a displacement of 2200.4cc, and a compression ratio of 8.7:1. Our rebuilt engines are not just larger and with higher compression. We went through the expense and trouble to have the cylinder heads flow tested. Then, using that data, and for each particular bore, stroke, and compression ratio combination we offer, we have selected the best camshaft grind to optimize performance for that particular combination. All of our engines work fine with the standard original fuel injection system, and have had no problem passing the California tail pipe emissions tests. Our standard rebuild (2200cc) is OK to run on regular unleaded 87-octane fuel. ALL of our rebuilt engines produce more power and torque than the original design.

HIGHER PERFORMANCE WATERBOXERS FOR 1986-1991 VANAGON
At GoWesty we believe in the Waterboxer. We get calls all the time asking if we do “engine swaps”, like the Subaru or in-line “Jetta” engine. We have carefully analyzed the different options available, and had a chance to look closely at several vehicles with various engine swaps. We came to the conclusion that we were going to invest our time and effort in developing the waterboxer design in the direction that VW undoubtedly would have gone had they continued to produce the waterboxer. Our goal is simple. Improve power while simultaneously improving reliability. Read more!

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ENGINE WARRANTY AGREEMENT (updated 3/2009)

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GoWesty 2200cc Engine Kit [Vanagon] (GVW-2200-KIT) Build your own 2.2 liter engine using GoWesty's high-quality, proprietary parts. Works with vehicle years: 1983 - 1991 Our Price: $1,295.00

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GoWesty 2300cc Engine Kit [Vanagon] (GVW-2300-KIT) Build your own 2.3 liter engine using GoWesty's high-quality, proprietary parts. Works with vehicle years: 1983 - 1991 Our Price: $1,995.00

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GoWesty 2400cc Engine Kit [Vanagon] (GVW-2400-KIT) Build your own 2.4 liter engine using GoWesty's high-quality, proprietary parts. Works with vehicle years: 1986 - 1991 Our Price: $2,595.00

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GoWesty 2500cc Engine Kit [Vanagon] (GVW-2500-KIT) Build your own 2.5 liter engine using GoWesty's high-quality, proprietary parts. Works with vehicle years: 1986 - 1991 Our Price: $2,995.00

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2200cc Engine [83-85 1900cc Vanagon] (GVW-2200-1.9) Our 95 hp and 130 ft. lbs. of torque higher compression engine for your 1.9 Vanagon. Works with vehicle years: 1983 - 1985 Our Price: $3,795.00

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2300cc Engine [83-85 1900cc Vanagon] (GVW-2300-1.9) A higher compression engine for your 1.9 Vanagon, with 105 hp and 145 ft. lbs. of torque. Works with vehicle years: 1983 - 1985 Our Price: $4,495.00

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2200cc Engine [86-91 Vanagon] (GVW-2200) Our higher compression 95 hp and 130 ft. lbs. of torque engine for your 2.1 Vanagon. Works with vehicle years: 1986 - 1991 Our Price: $3,795.00

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2300cc Engine [86-91 Vanagon] (GVW-2300) This higher compression engine boasts 105 hp and 145 ft. lbs. of torque. Works with vehicle years: 1986 - 1991 Our Price: $4,495.00

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2400cc Engine [86-91 Vanagon] (GVW-2400) Get 115 hp and 160 ft. lbs. of torque with this high compression waterboxer engine! Works with vehicle years: 1986 - 1991 Our Price: $5,595.00

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2500cc Engine [86-91 Vanagon] (GVW-2500) Our most powerful waterboxer offering, this engine cranks out 125 hp and 175 ft. lbs. of torque! Works with vehicle years: 1986 - 1991 Our Price: $6,995.00

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