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Subject:Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
From:Birkenfeld Jeff
Date:Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:35:07 -0500

>From:    Jon Sykes <jon.sykes@PS.GE.COM>
>Anyone else done this conversion?  This is a 75 HP engine - a decent
improvement over the stock 48.

I haven't done the conversion but I think the 75 hp the engine produces is
likely based partly on it's cylinder head and injection pump.  If you use
your 1.6 head and 1.6 injection pump, you may diminish the stated horsepower
of this engine.  You may invest alot of time to get your inj. pump trimmed
out properly for this engine.  Most likely, you will overfuel it to get the
desired horsepower.  The 1.9, no doubt, came with a different injection pump
manufactured to specs for the 1.9 engine and it's application.  Your 1.6
pump was manufactured for your application.  2 different apps, 2 different
pump settings.  How interchangeable?  That's up to your injection pump
professional and your engine tuning specialist.

Good luck and please keep us posted.

JB