Oh, I'm fully aware of those engines - but the boxer would be easier than taking an inline an flipping it on its side.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: warmerwagen@hotmail.com
  To: Barry E. Muller ; Vanagon .com
  Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:40 AM
  Subject: Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?

  It seems to me that you may not be aware that VW made a Diesel engine for the Vanagon, a 1.6 .newer more powerful choices are turbo diesels-1.9. My Vanagon originally was Diesel powered, or should I say underpowered-at 50 HP that was less than my 64 Bus had. Now running a 95 Golf gasoline 115 hp.

  Robert

  1982 Westfalia

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Barry E. Muller
    Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 2:49 AM
    To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
    Subject: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?

    I though about this either after a few beers _or_ early one morning on my
    way to work (no-this wasn't the same time - we have an active
    fitness-for-duty program!).

    Any rate, I'm sure the answer is "OF course - no!", probably due to
    excellent technical reasons such as the boxer config is meant to be as light
    as possible and wouldn't hold up to the pressuers a diesel generates.

    But I have to naively ask, because such an engine would probably easily fit
    under the vanagon engine lid plus other advantages from the engine-swap
    standpoint.

    tx,

    bem-stem

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