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TDI - power?
Yeah sometimes I can't help it but to think about
building a bone stock looking, lightweight 1977
rabbit, including a "diesel" crest, with a modified
1.9 TDI motor in it...
That would be one heck of a sleeper...
Man!
Cheers.
Marc
'83 Scirocco
'88 Scirocco Slegato
--- Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com> a écrit : >
>
> Well..go drive one!
>
> The TDIs are faster than the 2.0 crossflow. My TDI
> Golf (2900 lb car)
> manages to break the 120 mph mark...can't imagine
> what that power would be
> like in a 2000lb pickup. The TDI makes its power in
> torque. They are
> rated at 90hp and 150 ft/lbs of toque, stock.
> Heavily modified they are
> making 150hp and 300 ft lbs. Minor mods will net
> you 100hp+ and 175+ ft
> lbs. That is the torque of a VR6 motor....all the
> while getting close to
> 50 mpg. If you really want to learn what these
> motors are about, and what
> they can do, head over to www.tdiclub.com and do
> some reading. They
> really are one of the coolest engines to come out of
> VW in a long time.
>
> You really can't compare a 1.5 naturally aspirated
> diesel from 1979 to a
> Variable Vane turbo charged 1.9 liter direct
> injected diesel from
> 2002....they are in two different worlds. Your
> pre-chamber injection 1.5
> liter makes maybe 50 hp and less than 100 ft lbs of
> torque.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, JARED HASS wrote:
>
> > TDI - Power ???
> > Does it really have good power?
> > Is it worth the switch over?
> > I just got a 81' Pickup that has been converted
> to gas, but I was
> > considering turning it back into a diesel. Is a
> TDI conversion worth it?
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > My 79' Dasher Diesel is reliable and has great gas
> mileage, but doesn't have
> > any power.....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> Night Shadow
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:29 AM
> > To: T Berk
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: [tech] Audi 1.8T in a MKII Rocco???
> >
> >
> > > OK, but there is a 1.8t donor that doesn't run
> drive by wire, right?
> > > Shi... uh I ,mean Shoot- If I put a working 1.8t
> into my Mk1 Scirocco I
> > > wouldn't even worry about chipping the damn
> thing, just quaiffing it.
> > >
> > > Stock and reliable and less than twenty years
> old? What's not to like.
> > >
> > > SOmebody might say, 'well why stop there, keep
> going!'
> > >
> > > To that I direct the thoughtful reader to the
> movie Boomerang and the
> > > though thread based on 'You cant stop there, you
> have to
> > > Co-Ooordinate!...'.
> > >
> > > Better it works well than doesn't work faster.
> >
> > I am with Tosha on this one....and along those
> lines...why bother with a
> > 1.8T? You want relibility, gas mileage and power
> in one package? Screw
> > the 1.8T, go TDI! (1.9T).
> >
> > --
> > Eric
> > Northglenn, CO
> >
> > 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
> > 80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
> > 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete
> restoration in progress)
> > 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
> > 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical
> rebuild in progress)
> > 00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)
> >
> > "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a
> perfectly valid science."
> > -Kelli Fox
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Eric
> Northglenn, CO
>
> 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
> 80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration
> in progress)
> 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical
> rebuild in progress)
> 00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)
>
> "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a
> perfectly valid science."
> -Kelli Fox
>
>
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