Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:34:46 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Strange diesel question
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hi..
yes....that's one of the 'bad' things about diesel engines .
they can cost a lot to get in the first place.
good used AAZ is perhaps 2,500 to 3,500 for a very good one.
Be REAL CAREFUL about very rusted looking AAZ engines.
1.9 NA starts at 1,700 ..
though ....most diesel engines I see these days, really need serious freshening up, or rebuilding even.
People often don't take care of them much at all and they get worn out.
tdi ..
if electronic ..that is a WHOLE other world..
about 20 times as complex. ..
not just in the details of the electronics ..
but in prevailing over weird problems.
The tdi guru's are on top of them ..
but for normal people ...it's a huge and long learning curve often, let's say.
----- Original Message -----
From: ralph meyermann
To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Strange diesel question
More of a performance upgrade and hard finding an aaz or tdi in my price range sounds like it will be a long time goal/ saving.
On Jul 29, 2011 4:04 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
that's a 'strange' question all right.
No harm in asking though !
no, no, and no.
Others have pointed out details about it ..
but not even close, let's say.
I 'suppose' in an extreme emergency like to get back from deepest patagonia and that's all you ahd to work with ...a big, big 'maybe' ..
what are you trying to accomplish?
you have a trashed 1.6 head now ?
you're looking for more performance out of your 1.6 NA ?
I would say dont' even try ...but move upscale in the lineage of 1.6 TD, 1.9NA, 1.9TD and so on.
the 1.7 ..so far I have not seen one.
what you want is a 1.9 to start with.
Since 1.9 NA pistons are near impossible to get ..
I'm buidling a 1.9 NA 1Y engine code using AAZ rods and pistons ..
that should make a turbo block ..
and we'll run it NA ..
should be very durable.
and I have people in canada telling me they are throwing away AAZ engines practically.
and ..
since they need a real going through anyway half the time lately ..
I'd be happy to start with a standard bore but very tired 1.9NA or AAZ block .
the head..
you practically want to start with a new one of those anyway ..
the heads last about half the life of the bottom end anyway.
usually the question would be, will a 1.9 head fit on a 1.6 block ..
I hear they will not.
you really need either a 1.6 TD block to start with ( or block and head )
or 1.9.
I have one still runs 1.6 TD block I'd sell.
they're a lot better with some decent power.
the stock 1.6 NA is dangerous bascially.
People are confused when the poor thing takes a half block to get to 30 mph.
scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "ralph meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 7:21 AM
Subject: Strange diesel question
> Hi all Im still learning about my first vw/westy. Most of my engine builds
> have been domestic...