When  you start looking for that engine ..............
I've got a good TDI turbo charger for 80$ or that complete CV Air Cooled for
1500$

Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: diesel conversion

> Skip, look at the VW specs for the various motors before deciding.
>
> 2.0 aircooled  70 hp @ 4200 (your stock motor, Vanagon))
> 1.6 diesel       50 hp @ 4200 (Vanagon diesel)
> 1.6 TD          68 hp  @ 4500
> 1.9 TD          75 hp  @ 4200
>
>
> I don't  think that any of these choices would give you a large increase
> in hill climbing speed though the 1.9TD would give you some and
> intercooling the TDs could help some too.
>
> A 1.9TDI with intercooler would be best of all but I doubt that Vic
> quoted you one of those for the prices you mentioned.
>
> I have owned Westys with all of the above 4 engines. The 1.6TD and 1.9TD
> I installed myself in place of original 1.6 diesels. That made a large
> difference from the sluggish 1.6D stocker.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Skip Emmert wrote:
>
> >Ok, thanks again.  Please read the entire post carefully before
> >responding.  So far I have gotten suggestions to replace the motor with a
> >rebuilt 2.0 air-cooled engine or scrap the van and start over.
> >
> >Replacing the engine with the original would be the cheapest, quickest
> >option, but ...  the list has sung as a mantra how under-powered the
> >original vans were and in the days of over-powered SUV's, climbing hills
> >on the highway at 40 mph is no longer safe.  I know they're easy to work
> >on and carry the purists sense of stock, BUT I am living in the van for a
> >year and value reliability and usability more than ease of working on it.
> >The original engine is not an option without JATO rockets.  Nice little
> >weekend van, but not for serious travelling anymore.....
> >
> >