I found that our family 1981 Rabbit with 1.6 NA and 5 speed tranny was acceptable (not dangerously slow) but then that was based upon my recollection of yesteryears' driving; driving styles were generally different! LOL. (read: in general a lack of attention and stubborn use of cruise control now seems to prevail) My ideal diesel Vanagon would be the NA AAZ with 5 speed tranny. Oh, and a sunroof. Neil. On 4/29/19, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote: > The Vanagon version of the diesel 1.6 was rated at about 10% LESS peak > HP than the car versions but they had similar power at normal driving > rpms.
> Stephen Engel wrote: >> I dare say even the VW Diesel cars (Rabbit, Dasher, Jetta) of that era >> were dangerously slow. I think they used the same engine or a variant very >> close to the Vanagon’s. >
-- Neil n VE7TBN 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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