

| Subject: | Re: VW of Canada Remanufactured Diesel Engines? |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:03:29 -0600 |
TDI even better.More cost, though. Jim On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > This bus has a 5 speed. > A gas engine would be "easy" to do but > it might be best to keep it > as a diesel. > > TDI anyone? heh heh. > > On 2/13/15, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It can easily be improved, as I recently did. Mine is a five speed which > is > > a plus right there, and I drove it in NA form for 160,000 miles before > > adding a turbo early last fall. Now it is much faster, much much better > on > > hills and acceleration. It gets the same mileage it ever did, and the > > conversion to turbo was not expensive. > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> >
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