Date:         Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:57:50 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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Yes lots to change, but it may be that I have to change some things to
get everything the way it "should be". Like I'm still not happy with
the exhaust. Have to figure out why the cat cracked loose. It was fine
for many thousand miles.

yah tilting the motor to 50* is a fair amount of work. Still. VAG
figured it out. I'm sure it wasn't just to keep the engine under the
lid that they did the Diesel the way they did. e.g. they wouldn't have
tubbed the engine lid.  But what the heck. I learned a lot doing my
swap this way, and it's been really reliable up til that last event.
In hindsight though, things like the "tubbing" the engine cover just
don't seem right. On hot days, all I can see is all that heat
billowing up into that box, staying there, and adversely affecting
things beyond the scope for which they were designed.

We'll see. Thankfully I had the KEP adaptor drilled for 50* mount
(thank your Mark Drillock) so that much is ready to go.

Making the box wider on the engine lid is not much work.

Neil.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> I suppose this hot fuel hose theory could ..
> apply, or be a factor ..
> I wouldn't invest huge amount of energy in it though .
> just practical things.
>
> the engine mounting angle is not a major factor ..
> and it would be a lot of work to re-do the whole installation.
>
> new exhaust, lots of stuff to change.


-- 
Neil n

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