>In a message dated 2/28/00 3:47:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>VeeDubVan@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< hanks Karl, but I'm a rookie here.  I don't know what an ECU is.  I just
>got
> off the phone with the previous owner (my dad) who is telling me that the
> dealer told him that this van is a 4.0 l. Porsche engine....Is that possible?
>  Again, how can I tell? >>

Back in the 1970s & 1980s Porsche made the 928, initially with a 4liter V8.
One of these could be fitted to a Vanagon ( I once put a pushrod 3.4 Toyota
V8 into a 1975 van), and would give good performance. You'd know it!

Someone is pulling your leg. Even both your legs.

AG