On 10/22/04 3:25 PM, "Larry Edson" <sonofed@KARMANNGHIA.ORG> wrote: > Last night I was complaining to a friend about the new California smog law > when I had an idea about maybe putting a diesel Vanagon engine into one of > my pre smog VWs. But not knowing anything about them I don't know if it > would even be possible. Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based > on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection > that would need to be retrofitted into another car to make this work? > > Larry > sonofed@karmannghia.org > www.ghiatwins.homestead.com > O o\ /o O > > I have seen it done by a few. If your talking into the air cooled you will need to put a radiator and appropriate hoses in. the lower mounts for the radiator are actually there on almost all vanagons. You just have to cut the lower grill hole and then mount the grill and then get the upper rad mounts out of a junk yard. Get the entire works from a diesel donor. The computer, fuel pump, motor mounts, transmission and mounts. Getting it all as one unit makes it a lot easier. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com |
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