Dear Blue Eyes,
Sounds very interesting! Does the 5-cylinder diesel have the same mounting/size/shape/height characteristics as the 5-cylinder gas motors? In other words, will it work with Ken's kit? Also, how hard are these to find?
Cheers, MJS (TDI hopeful, but may consider a 5-cyl turbo diesel if I can get my hands on one!)
At 11:46 AM 1/11/99 -0600, Blue Eyes wrote: >Turbo 5 cylinder = 84 hp. >Turbo innercooled 5 cylinder = 111 hp. > >These motors DO NOT have the amazingly strong bottom end >torque that these latest direct injection TDI diesels have, >some of which are more like a small block Chevy V-8 with 285 >newton-meters of torque down at 1900 rpm from a little 4 >cylinder motor. But these old indirect injection diesel >motors reach their horsepower peak at about 80% of the rpms >where your waterboxers reach theirs. So they could benefit >by taller effective gearing, whether you do it by tires or >trans. The least cost for acquiring one of these would >probably be in the $200 to $500 range.
<bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design Open Market, Inc. </italic> '87 GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" '89 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon "Wizard"
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