C'mon Dave, now let's not get into a 'mine's bigger than yours' battle. A TD can do the same deal, and without the complexity, by throwing just as much $$ at it. Just blows more smoke and uses more fuel! Both engines would have a short life when pushed to that extreme anyway! Me, I'm perfectly satisfied with this lil' old TD that pushes the Westy up hills it never could manage before, even with big tires and higher gears! Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Bayer <daveb@CP.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:25 PM Subject: Re: Why has the list been so quiet lately?
> Karl Mullendore wrote: > > > > Well....there's also the 1.9 TD engine, which (with minor modification) can > > produce as much HP and torque as the TDi. Only one wire needed to run! These > > are available new for $3150. > > Well, a stock north american TDI. With a chip, the euro injection > pump, manifolds, ecu, and turbo - the tdi will make 143 hp and enough > torque > to your tranny a few times over. Of course, it'll run you tons and tons > of money to do this... But then you can run on biodiesel, add a > particulate > trap and run cleaner than most gas cars getting better than twice the > fuel mileage... It's not economic, but it's good for the world... > > dave |
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