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Subject:Re: 82 vanagon tdi?
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:30:19 -0500

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, coffin jessup wrote:

> I'm not anxious to return to the origional under powered smelly loud
> diesel engine, but I'm wondering if it would be possible to drop a 1.9
> TDI engine in there. Has anyone done this? Thought about or heard of
> this?

It's been done, though the 1.9L indirect-injection turbo is easier -- no
electronics.  It's just a stroked, turbocharged version of the
original 1.6L.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon