

| 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.
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