I wonder how much quicker a syncro tranny will bite the dust with all
that extra power and torque moving through it.  My understanding is that
they typically fail at 130-150k with the stock motor.  Apparently, not
many survive much past that.
steve

Modl6971 wrote:

> 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.