Date: Sun, 4 May 97 16:04:06 EDT
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>
Subject: diesel (fwd)
Hey all,
I'm forwarding this on behalf of a fellow named Duncan Paul Fagg. The
below is what he's asking. I sent him a message begging him to get the
proper air-cooled engine for his Bus, but I don't know if he will or
not. At any rate, he's apparently not subscribed, tho I recommended to
him that with this type of project, he should be. Send all responses to
him at dpf1@st-andrews.ac.uk . Do NOT send it to me. If you do, I will
send it right back with a really nasty letter :-)
Sean
>
> Dear Sean, I am a pre '73 bus owner planning an engine swap to a diesel
> vanagon engine. I wondered if you could be kind enough to post these
> questions on the watercool list for me.
> Thanks.
> dunc
>
> 1) Apart from the turbo unit, are there other differences between the turbo
> diesel and diesel engines? What are the fuel economy figures I could
> expect from each?
>
> 2) There are a lot of folk who have said 'there are no differences
> between the vanagon and golf diesel units'. However, whenever I have
> been able to nose around a golf diesel engine bay, the engine seems very
> tall vertically, whilst to my knowledge the vanagon unit is not. Am I
> wrong, or are these two engines fundamentally different?
>
> 3) Has anyone tried the diesel unit in a pre '73 van, does it fit in
> without trimming the engine bay sides? Does it mate to the trans?
> (People in Britain sell a golf or passat engine to pre '79 bus trans
> adapter, however they don't say anything about a vanagon diesel engine.
> The CT petrol case fits to the trans off a '73. Therefore does the
> vanagon diesel?
>
> Basically this reiterates my previous question, is the golf
> diesel different to the vanagon diesel?
>
> Please help I am drowning in waterworld!
>
> dunc
>
>
>
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