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Subject:Beetle TDI motor
From:Ari Ollikainen
Date:Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:35:58 -0800

At 7:25 PM 3/14/98, David Marshall wrote:
>  The 2.1L
>wasserboxer has 95hp and 117ft/lb torque and the 1.8L JH engine found in
>the Rabbit GTI has 90hp and 105ft/lb torque.  Still I'd rather use a 1.8L
>Rabbit GTI engine than a wasserboxer - hence my engine swap!
>

        Reading the "new Beetle" specs, I noticed that the TDI is
        90HP and a whopping 140ft/lb torque... This would seem to be
        a wonderful replacement engine for the Vanagon.

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