Date:         Wed, 16 Aug 2000 20:31:27 -0600
Reply-To:     Gary <glee@ultralink.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary <glee@ultralink.com>
Subject:      Re: FS:  1993 EV Westfalia DIESEL - Edmonton, AB, LT 28D westy
Comments: To: daveb@cp.net
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>When did the Eurovan get the TDI? If that's not a tdi,
>which I am guessing it isn't, which diesel is in it?

>dave

Its a 2.? liter 5 cylinder non turbo indirect injection engine.  I've driven
them and they are slow,  not as slow as the 1982 diesel westy, but still a
lot slower than the gas version.  You also could not get AC with the early
eurovan diesels, which is a problem for a lot of areas of the country.

The slowest VW I ever drove was a 1982 LT28D diesel westfalia that was for
sale locally (western canada).  It was built on the LT chassis, had a 2.8
liter 5 cylinder non turbo.  The LT of those days was a big van, bigger than
our domestic vans. It was Very tall, had something like over 6 feet of
standing headroom front to back in the fixed fiberglass roof.  Plus there
was an enormous roof rack.  Had hot water, shower, everything we wish our
vanagon westfalias had.  But the engine was straining just to get up to
speed in the city.  Top speed was 80 - 90 km/h, or about 50 - 55 mph.
European driving conditions must be much different than north america.  You
would get rear ended just trying to merge on to the freeways.

Gary Lee