

| Subject: | Re: Diesel Power |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:47:38 +1200 |
>>You could go the VW TDi or TD route. Or look at an alternative diesel >>engine, but realize that you'd have to have a flywheel & adaptor >>plate custom-fabricated. > >-=-=-=- > >Into a wasserboxer? I think you just need the flywheel and >bellhousing (flywheel/clutch housing) from a diesel transaxle. I >thought only the motor mount bracketing need to be customized. > >Am I wrong about this? I don't know about the VW 1.9 diesel; this may well fit the van trans & clutch. But other manufacturers' engineds won't, and if you can't get a kit from KEP you'll have to get one custom-made. I've done this with a 5.4 Chev engine on a Toyota 5-speed and a 3.6 Toyota V8 on an 091 VW trans. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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