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Subject:Re: Audi Diesels in Vanagons?
From:Zeitgeist
Date:Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:56:11 -0800

The fiver turbodiesel from the early Audi 5000 is my current
frontrunner for engine transplant, just ahead of the 1.9/tdi engine. 
I like the relative installation ease of mechanical injection, and I
suspect some tweaks to the pump and an intercooler could bump hp up to
the 115-120 range, which would push my van around quite nicely. 
Unfortunately, they're very rare here in Merka.

On 3/14/06, River Clan <ri@riverclan.org> wrote:
> I just drove an Audi Quattro last week, and it was pretty cool!
> Haven't seen any of these swaps... but have heard rumors. Are they
> more available than TDi's? Do they even fit? 5 cylinders pumping
> biodiesel would be pretty nice up a mountain pass....

Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state"
'87 300TD intercooler (211k)
'84 300D (211k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)