Not necessarily. The DX also has a .77 top gear and this makes the
overall gearing almost identical to a waterboxer 4 speed on the highway.

At 4000 rpm, stock tires,
DX in top gear = 70 mph
DU in top gear = 71 mph

The diesel 4 speeds are far worse, as far as highway rpm. The most
common had a 5.83 with .85.
DZ in top gear = 59 mph

Mark

Jake de Villiers wrote:

> The other deal of course is that the stock DX gearbox has a 5.43 R & P which
> will get you nowhere fast!
>
> The ring & pinion will have to be changed to suit the gas motor.
>
> On 10/28/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Not really. There were not that many to begin with and not many left. 5
>>years ago, yes. All of the various 80s diesel VWs are mostly gone, vans
>>or not. The ones that remain mostly sell for shockingly high prices. By
>>the way, the diesel Vanagon engines were rated at 48 hp.
>>
>>Mark
>>82 diesel Westy
>>83 diesel passenger
>>83 diesel stretch
>>
>>
>>Don Hanson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> One can likely find plenty of diesel donor vans to transplant a gas
>>
>>four
>>
>>>into.  I don't want to piss anyone off, but in order to be content
>>
>>driving a
>>
>>>60-some hp 4000-lb vehicle, (diesel Westy) you would have to be very
>>>especially patient..
>>>   ...............
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
>