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			why work with a powerplant when you have to make so many sacrifices.  
The whole thing: Cheap, reliable, fast, pick 2 thing is pretty accurate. 
I thought it was BS, i wanted all 3!!!!!! 
 Im all for aircooled motors, I love the simplicity, but its pretty apparant that hipo vw motors are reaching their limits when they are built, where as a new watercooled motor can make really good power reliably STOCK and then be upgraded.  Why limit yourself??  If it was a new aircooled motor it would be even better, but they dont make them anymore.  Its just modern technology.  Honda motors make 100hp/liter stock in economy cars!  It would cost a crap load to make a vw motor do that, would it be as bulletproof as a stock motor? hell no. 
  I mean, one of the main reasons the type 4 motor is appealing is because it was bigger stock, and because it made more power stock.  Same thing applies.  If vw still made flat 4s, lets call it a "type 6" im sure a ton of people would have them in their cars.  A motor swap is a motor swap 
 
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