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Subject:Re: engine swap source: TDI
From:David Bayer
Date:Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:59:02 -0800

>| So don't think those aren't the same engines, I'll postulate they are the
>| -exact- same engines, though truly not road certified (who cares?), just
>| getting one for a purpose which they are not marketing toward may be
>| challenging and require some work due to corporate reluctance to expose
>| themselves unnecessarily to lawsuits.

        They are slightly different - industrial diesel are designed to run
at a constant rpm (a very small range). As far as I understand, the pistons
are different and the ECU has different mappings. Now if asked for sources
for this info, I have to admit, I do not remember...

dave