In a message dated 2/11/01 1:51:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
radish150@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

<< Maybe I
 assume too much, are the stock diesels good enough to consider spending this
 sort of money on? Will they hold up under the increased power? >>
  When you are looking at what you are asking the engine to do........

OK..the VW TD..thicker deck on the block, bigger piston pins, thicker piston
crown, oil squirters for the underside of the pistons, different alloy in the
head, valves and valve seats........
One of  the ways that the "aftermarket" got away with putting a turbo on the
rabbit was that you RARELY used the power and then only for short
intervals..have run a TD vanagon i can tell you that unless you are runnning
your rabbit at 100mph up a hill you will NEVER load the engine like a short
trip at the speed limit in a westy..

So..go head and drop a turbo on the NA diesel....it will last, oh I
dunno..1/3 as long as the proper engine..(which, in itself, didn't win any
awards in the van)

the Quantum engine with turbo is the one that is the LEAST trouble to install
and you CAN buy the remainer of the bits from europe to make it a "factory"
installation..

good luck!

steve

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