Date:         Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:52:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.YALE.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.YALE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: engine swap source: TDI
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com, jag@cs.rochester.edu

> They are slightly different - industrial diesel are designed to run
> at a constant rpm (a very small range). As far as I understand, the pistons
> are different and the ECU has different mappings. Now if asked for sources
> for this info, I have to admit, I do not remember...

If you read it on the list it's probably from my posting. I got it from
an ad that VW periodically runs in the magazine "Diesel Progress".
Diesel Progress also published some VW engine and drive information in
the June 91, Aug 92 and Aug '97 issues. Otherwise most VW engine
development tends to be reported in "Motortechnische Zeitschrift". (In
German of course.)  For instance in the March '85 issue they describe
the mounting modifications needed to install a (passat style) turbo
diesel into the vanagon.  The April '85 issue describes the 2.1l
wasserboxer, and for the newest most powerful alternative in the new
transporter one can read about the T4's VR6 motor in the Feb '97 issue.

These publications would be difficult to find on the newstands (No
bikini clad females on the front page), but good research libraries
might have them. Some are available translated into english in the MIT
Barker engineering library.

/Martin
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Martin Jagersand                 email: jag@cs.yale.edu
Computer Science Department             jag@cs.rochester.edu
Yale University

        Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page:
          WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw
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