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Subject:Re: New motor selections for vanagons.
From:Modl6971
Date:Tue, 19 May 1998 01:19:17 EDT

In a message dated 98-05-18 14:31:43 EDT, bayer@sybase.com writes:

<<      Actually the first motor in your list (the 1.9 TDi) was the motor
 that started all the recent talk of swaps. It was eventually noticed that
 these will not be in your local junk yards for at least another year, so
 alot of people, with swap appetites whetted, moved on to contemplate other
 swaps for their watercooled beasts..

 dave
  >>
Ya but, those motors that they are sticking in now( the 1.9 TDI) are only 90
Hp and have around 145 of torque. Think about what a big difference an extra
25 hp will do and that extra torque too.
Michael M. 87 syncro.
The newer TDI's are 115 HP and 160 torque.