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The Bostig Conversion System stands apart from the rest. For the last 18 years, with its iterative development and tens of thousands of hours of dev time, the millions of proven customer miles is what really count. The only conversion designed and built for reliability and low total cost of ownership, the Bostig Vanagon Conversion System DIY has proven itself the simplest, most consistent, easiest, and most reliable choice to repower a Vanagon.

Bostig has more happy customers than any other engine conversion vendor in the marketplace, and those customers enjoy a system truly engineered for independence. This is why if you search for build experiences online, you'll see Bostig build threads are unique in that they are short, and complete successfully every time.  If you're going to the trouble and expense of improving your van, you don't need to accept the high risks intrinsic to Subaru based conversions. 

The considerations are pretty simple, are you more of a tortoise or more of a hare? I mean sure, the tortoise wins in the end, but who's to say the hare didn't have fun? Surely winning isn't everything either. Depends on you, and your use cases! If you have the need for speed, this isn't it (actually vanagons aren't it!). But if you value avoiding unplanned stops more than speeding, and want more miles with less risk, then you're in the right place. 

Ongoing costs and maintenance are inexpensive and easy, and customers have fewer and far less expensive problems than the competition. The Bostig Conversion is the only system designed to handle neglect, inexperience, abuse, and really bad luck.  We're making sure that the engine swap is just a bump in the road on a much longer more enjoyable journey with your Vanagon, not a destination itself. 

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