Yah that is expensive!

And good point about:

 "....... and i doubt the seven grand (shipped) is all you will be
spending....".

I can appreciate this first hand re: my Jetta 15* project. (my first conversion)

Jetta (96K km's) train/harness/misc. and KEP kit: ~ $1200. Parts I
replaced on the Jetta engine. ~$600. Cost of new/used cooling system
parts not included.

My costs are small compared to a diesel project, (IMHO I think diesel
engines are WAY overpriced these days..... )

My point: one has to look ahead to extra costs. There was some stuff I
didn't think of. (Towing. Removal. windage tray. ? O2 sensor. $13x
HO2S module $4x) Small potatoes, but it all adds up.

Neil.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Phil Stanhope <surfmobile007@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I dont know what ken thinks but that 1.9 TD is a thing
>  of beauty, untill you look at the price and i doubt
>  the seven grand (shipped) is all you will be spending.
>  I  wouldnt dare run a TD with a stock 4speed on the
>  highway, so ad on another $3500 for Tiico 5-speed
>  gearbox, now we are approaching 10 grand. If you had 5
>  grand in your van before buying this diesel motor the
>  total investment would be around $15,000. Thats all to
>  close to the cost of a used Dodge/Mercedes Sprinter
>  which will outperform the converted vanagon on all
>  fronts except looks.......sorry Peter, I think ill
>  save my money for one of those.
>
>  Phil 84' Vanagon, Tiico'ed in 2002
>
>
>
>
>  --- William Seward <trotxart@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
>  > Ken,
>  >
>  > What do you think of the Tiico diesel conversion?
>  >
>  > http://tiico.com/Diesel%20conversion%20page.htm
>  >
>  > Would you attempt the installation and for how much?
>  >
>  > I spoke to a gentleman on the phone there and he
>  > said they had about
>  > a dozen on the road with no problems.  When I asked
>  > about emissions
>  > test passing he said he couldn't see why not.  I am
>  > aware that are a
>  > number of Tiico gas conversions that are sitting in
>  > driveways with
>  > emissions problems (maybe they are all in Calif.)
>  > and what about the
>  > ECU mystery box.
>  >
>  > Bill Seward
>  > Alexandria, VA
>  >
>
>
>
>
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