The gas inline four raps out fairly rapidly with the high ratio final drive of the diesel tranny, (my Dad has a 1.8L conversion in his '82 former diesel). You might want to get a 4.57 or so final drive and transfer the diesel bell housing to it. -Dana- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message dated 99-05-29 12:00:36 EDT, jsnyder@DAVIS.COM writes: > > << Having put up with my excellent running '82 diesel Vanagon for about 4 > months now, I am now about ready to explore other engine options. I am > tiring of numerous finger gestures and people passing me in double lined > roads. People in California seem to be in such a hurry with little patience > for following a diesel Vanagon going a little under the speed limit. I don't > drive over 65 mph. > >> > > you, are one of the lucky ones. you already have a diesel vanagon - set up > to run a 4cyl inline vw engine... why dont you just switch to a golf or > jetta Gas motor? that would be incredibly easy, and very economical, as > there are plenty of inline 4 vw gas motors available in junkyards, to choose > from. or, just buy a running parts car.. > > even the Eurpospec conversion, set up to run the 2.0 inline 4 gas motor, is a > incredible improvement over what youve got in there now.. > > chris > 84 vanagon with POS WBX |
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