Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:36:57 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
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"If this Westy has the original diesel Vanagon
tyranny, you may find the gearing too high. (engine revs higher than
needed. Especially at highway speeds) Something to consider.
that would be high numerically, but commonly ......when it's revving it's
guts out at 62 mph in top gear .......that's called 'under-geared.'
too high gearing is when it hasn't got enough beans to pull a gear ,
especially a top gear, properly.
stock 82 DV trans is WAY undergeared of course.
desperately so- the lowest geared US model car there is , this side of a
1949 International L110 pick up truck. A joke really
but .....the 1.8 inline four, being pretty oversquare ( bore larger than
stroke is long ) loves revs.
Like even if it still does have the DZ transaxle ......it might not mind too
much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Pat Sloan <pmsloan@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm a newbie with minimal auto mechanical experience, and would
>> appreciate
>> some help/opinions from you. The question is:
>>
>>
>>
>> If a 1982 Westy has been converted from diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine
>> taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel injected CIS engine)
>> will that set up be easy or difficult for a mechanic to work on?
>
>
>
> If the person who did the swap used *all* the needed diesel vanagon
> parts, then this 1.8 w/CIS "simply" replaced the inline 4 that was
> there from the factory. This is good news. The layout will be similar
> to factory, and is a common way to swap in a VW I4. (more common that
> the way I did my swap!)
>
> Did the owner do the swap? Regardless, if it were me I'd ask:
>
> How many KM's on the swap itself?
> Has the exhaust system had issues with cracks?
> Is the Diesel Vanagon transmission currently installed?
>
> If the swap has a fair amount of KM's on it, it's safe to say the
> *swap* itself is "proven". As for exhaust cracks, on *some* VW I4
> swaps, this has been an issue. Likely NOT an issue with this 1.8 if it
> was done "right". If this Westy has the original diesel Vanagon
> tranny, you may find the gearing too high. (engine revs higher than
> needed. Especially at highway speeds) Something to consider.
>
> If it were me, I'd find out if there's any CIS related parts that are
> no longer available (NLA) or just $$ to replace. i.e. the fuel
> distributor.
>
>
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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