Date:         Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:43:44 -0600
Reply-To:     "Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
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From:         "Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
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>Subject: Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine

> This is a 1982 Vanagon GL with a '98 Jetta TDI!
> The engine is a 1998 Jetta TDI AHU, with a 1.6TD injection pump.
> The turbo and manifolds are from an 80s Jetta.

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>just $2500??   you cant barely even buy a used TDI engine for that..
>this
>is a good deal..   ben, snap this one up :<)

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 test drove it last night. I am hesitant because it was very sluggish on=
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the hills compared to my 1.9td. Gearing is simialr if not the same. I even=
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have bigger wheels and tires. It just did not feel like a 1.9. It felt more=
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like a 1.6td. Besides that, I stood on the throttle on Sunset Blvd and coul=
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only make 45 mph. It's almost as if it was on limp mode or a bad turbo.=20
Boost gauge edges up but does not feel like it.

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Is this engine/pump/turbo combination still considered a TDI?
I wouldn't consder it so.

Gary