Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:04:13 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Diesel conversion
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dear questioning
our t25 may she rest in pieces
OEM 5 speed diesel with the 1.9 TD often ran up to 95 mph (gps tested) on a
long strait run ...
ok now i got a desire to resurrect that trashed 1.9 that failed outside of
garden city idaho ....
which helped us find an original ...signed ... one of a kind norman rockwell
...
which we gifted to my wifes parents who discovered it to be of extreme
rarity at some local version of the antiques road show
ahh those were days ... money piled up to the soles of my feet ...
if i had not wasted it all on gifts for family and friends i would be able
to diesel my present ride
:) ... love this list
regards
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> pretty strange ..
> that page looks like it's copied from Overland's page. Same prices even.
> Perhaps he's a dealer for them ?
>
> on that page, I question the claim that a 1.9 NA can do 75 mph with stock
> gearing .
> it would have to turn about 6,500 rpm in an 82 diesel vanagon to do that.
> the engines max out at about 5K rpm of course.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Diesel conversion
>
>
> Check out this guy's site:
>> http://www.vanagain.com/conver1.htm
>>
>> He has some cool stuff I have heard :-)
>>
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>
>>
>> On 3/14/2011 12:15 PM, TJ Hemrick wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for up to date sources for whom can provide parts/services
>>> (loom
>>> work, immobilzer, etc.) for doing a diesel conversion (in my case a VW
>>> 1.9
>>> TDI). I know several on the list have been done but a lot of the links
>>> I've
>>> found are no longer up to date or in business doing diesel conversion.
>>> Again, I don't need a place that does the work, (turnkey or otherwise)
>>> just
>>> provides parts and stuff. I've seen some of the BioDiesel guys throwing
>>> their hat in the pile but need to give them a shout to check them out if
>>> they will do just parts. FYI, just to avoid a flame war over "mounting
>>> angles", I'd consider either the 15 degree or the 50 degree. I was
>>> previously against the 50 degree as I did not want to mod the engine
>>> cover
>>> but I've softened my position on that since my Syncro won't be too
>>> bothered
>>> if the back deck isn't "perfectly" flat.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> TJ
>>> 87 Syncro
>>> 87 Wolfie
>>>
>>>
--
roger w
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