Hi Mike,
 That's been done many times I'm sure.
You may find power marginal though ..
especially if your syncro rig is heavy, or you have fairly large tires.

stock an AAZ is 75 hp.  Torque, I 'think' is around 120 ft lbs ( though look
that up, it's pretty easy to find ).
  some tweaks are possible.....intercooler and such but you will have a van
that on a slight hill at say 65 mph and you say 'go faster'....not much is
going to happen.

see
Diesel-Vanagon@yahoogroups.com
for the diesel-vanagon group.
also ..'tdi-conversion' yahoo group.

the current standard would be  ( often freshly rebuilt ) an electronic  TDI
, and often with tweaks, enhanced  injector nozzles,. chipped ecu, etc.
or ..
an m-tdi .....some people get decent performance and fuel economy out of
those with no electronics, and swear by them.
talk to Karl Mullendore on that.  Westy Ventures.

AAZ will work, but after you have that ..
then you'll want 'more' .

Currently I am more in favor of e-tdi's for environmental and emissions
reasons, and do not like at all that there is a direct connection from the
combustion chamber to the air we breathe with the older style diesels.
also, tdi's do not have pre-chambers in the cylinder head, and therefore
might be a more robust long-lasting cylinder head than the ones on the
earlier pre-chamber VW diesels.
I won't start telling you about all the tired and trashed engine parts I see
in some used AAZ engines.

they all have pretty high miles on them now.  Ten years ago you could get a
factory new, all german made AAZ , the complete factory new thing, from
turbo to IP to injectors etc. .....not anymore I don't think.  If you do get
and AAZ , pay more for a low miles one ...and even then be careful.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 7:43 AM
Subject: AAZ diesel conversion

> Vanaroneers,
>
> I'm looking at converting my 87 syncro westfakia to AAZ power.
>
> Anybody in the SF bay area have one? Willing to talk about it? Maybe
> give me a ride?
>
> How do I get to the diesel conversion group, I think it's yahoo but
> haven't had any luck finding it.
>
> TIA rb4, PFFT
>
> Mike