Does you diesel have A/C?  What part of the oil filter is in the way?  What
you may want to do is get a VW/Audi fox oil filter assembly.  This assemble
doesn't let the oil filter hang straight down.  It moves it to about a 30
deg angle pointing it to the rear.  This really helped for my passanger
side motor mount assembly.

The 135ft/lb torque is not that much more than the 117ft/lb that the
factory 2.1 puts out.  I wouldn't worry that much unless you are going to
drag race it or something.

At 23:26 5/9/98 -0700, Otmar Ebenhoech wrote:
>Otmar:
>>>        I have a question: This engine has a Power Steering pump tensioning
>>>the water pump belt. I don't have PS, and if I do add it I'll run it off a
>>>electric pump so that it works when I'm driving pure electric. Is there a
>>>way to leave the pump on as a idler and let it spin? I thought maybe I
>>>could pull the pump guts and fill it with oil?
>
>David Marshall:
>>Take the power steering pump off.  I would get the pulleys from a rabbit
>>and install those.  All you need is the alternator - right?  If so the
>>rabbit pulleys will work fine!
>
>Ot again:
>Looks like I may have to do just that. I'm pulling the Diesel now and I see
>that the PS pump will end up in the middle of the oil filler!
>
>It's a shame though, I love those multi V serpantine belts, and I'd like to
>keep the AC compressor. I'll keep looking as I get closer.
>
>David Marshall:
>>It is something like: 115hp@5200rpm abd 135ft-lb@2600rpm.  A real nice
>>motor!  Also with the motronic ECU you can get a custom chip made up to
>>beef up the areas you want to beef up.  This engine with a decent exhaust
>>and cam will produce about 140hp.
>
>Drool. :-) I've been admiring the dual manifold and HUGE cat. The next day
>will tell if I need to practice aluminum welding on that left mount to
>clear the manifold...
>I better get a front half soon to swap the tranny out of. This thin wall
>(like the 72s) diesel case is going to flex with 135 ft/lbs in and before
>long the R&P will be making those terrible chunking sounds.
>
>Talk about real time, all I need now is a web cam. These updates are during
>work breaks :-) The oil is still draining, engine is almost ready to drop.
> -Otmar-
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