Dear Blue Eyes,

Sounds very interesting! Does the 5-cylinder diesel have the same mounting/size/shape/height characteristics as the 5-cylinder gas motors?

In other words, will it work with Ken's kit?

Also, how hard are these to find?

Cheers,

MJS (TDI hopeful, but may consider a 5-cyl turbo diesel if I can get my hands on one!)

At 11:46 AM 1/11/99 -0600, Blue Eyes wrote:

>Turbo 5 cylinder = 84 hp.

>Turbo innercooled 5 cylinder = 111 hp.

>

>These motors DO NOT have the amazingly strong bottom end

>torque that these latest direct injection TDI diesels have,

>some of which are more like a small block Chevy V-8 with 285

>newton-meters of  torque down at 1900 rpm from a little 4

>cylinder motor.  But these old indirect injection diesel

>motors reach their horsepower peak at about 80% of the rpms

>where your waterboxers reach theirs.  So they could benefit

>by taller effective gearing, whether you do it by tires or

>trans.  The least cost for acquiring one of these would

>probably be in the $200 to $500 range.

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

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