Ralph, my friend, you are trying to get blood out of a turnip.  Put up with
it for the mileage, or put a different engine in it for power.  Diesel
engines are hammered with high compression, add a turbo to this engine and
you'll be lucky to get 1000 miles out of it before it self destructs.

Just my $0.02.

Stuart
'85 Westy, and I want more power too.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
ralph meyermann
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: A/C tranny in my na diesel!

Hi Volks!! Took my first trip with the air cooled tranny in Velma and loving
the rpm change at 60-65mph. With a slight tail wind we squeezed out
approximately 31.4 mpg on mostly river grade!! Now the downer, now we need
more power!! The hills are slow going and a head wind we can maintain. I
found a turbo kit for about$ 500.00 which includes turbo,down pipe,intake
and exhaust manifolds but would have to get a turbo vanny intake manifold
that I've seen for$ 60.00. The problem would be finding the forged crank and
installing piston oilers. Im thinking I could do a full rebuild into a turbo
motor for about the same $ as a used AAZ motor! Will a 1z ahu tdi head match
up to my 1.6 ??  Thinking more efficient being direct injected and  better
flow from head and camshaft profile?? Decisions decisions!!
Thanks for any info!!
Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy