I wonder how much quicker a syncro tranny will bite the dust with all that extra power and torque moving through it. My understanding is that they typically fail at 130-150k with the stock motor. Apparently, not many survive much past that. steve Modl6971 wrote: > In a message dated 98-05-18 14:31:43 EDT, bayer@sybase.com writes: > > << Actually the first motor in your list (the 1.9 TDi) was the > motor > that started all the recent talk of swaps. It was eventually noticed > that > these will not be in your local junk yards for at least another year, > so > alot of people, with swap appetites whetted, moved on to contemplate > other > swaps for their watercooled beasts.. > > dave > >> > Ya but, those motors that they are sticking in now( the 1.9 TDI) are > only 90 > Hp and have around 145 of torque. Think about what a big difference an > extra > 25 hp will do and that extra torque too. > Michael M. 87 syncro. > The newer TDI's are 115 HP and 160 torque. |
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