Bryan there are a lot of variables. First the 1.6 "style" head you and I have; I've heard that it has smaller valves and may or may not be "turbo", haven't yet found the Part# to cross to anything.The CA company was probably Eurospec in Gilroy and not very forthcoming with information. You will probably want to go with the TD pump rebuild if you need to and have them swap throttle arms for you before they calibrate it (Vanagon is different). Then you can deal with the engine cover clearance problem and just run NA while things sort out. Don't know about calibrating the 1.6TD pump to 1.9TD specs because the 1.9TD pump is different. Ditto the injectors. We're dealing with a hybrid using the 1.6 style head and 1.6 inj pump and trading relatively low cost and simplicity against the higher cost of a true 1.9TD motor. Good stock 1.6 NA injectors if running NA or 1.6TD injectors if turbo are probably OK for what you and I are doing. As for swapping for Quantum manifolds try running a wanted or wanting to trade ad on both this list and the Diesel Fans list. Worked for me. Besides Martin, Mark Drillock, among others, has been very helpful to me regarding TDs. Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84 Jetta 1.5D |
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