Date:         Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:03:29 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW of Canada Remanufactured Diesel Engines?
Comments: To: Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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TDI even better.More cost, though.

Jim

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> This bus has a 5 speed.
> A gas engine would be "easy" to do but
> it might be best to keep it
> as a diesel.
>
> TDI anyone?  heh heh.
>
> On 2/13/15, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > It can easily be improved, as I recently did. Mine is a five speed which
> is
> > a plus right there, and I drove it in NA form for 160,000 miles before
> > adding a turbo early last fall. Now it is much faster, much much better
> on
> > hills and acceleration. It gets the same mileage it ever did, and the
> > conversion to turbo was not expensive.
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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