Diesel motor wanted/Diesel bus

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Sorry to be late into this thread, but someday I'll drag my (detuned) bug to 
a dyno day, so we'll see what 'out its putting'...can't be lower than 
Klaus', and the torque numbers should kick ass. Just for shits and giggles.
Cathy


>From: Drew <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>Reply-To: drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
>To: Eric S <scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com>
>CC: scirocco <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>, Dave Ewing 
><mk1scirocco16v@comcast.net>
>Subject: RE: Diesel motor wanted/Diesel bus
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:32:38 -0400
>
>On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 11:02, Eric S wrote:
>
> > Woah Drew...no!  The eco-diesel was a special 1.6TD that utilized a cat
> > and had the boost aneriod removed.  It used a smaller turbo, and was 
>rated
> > at 68HP (though I've found that turbos spool characteristics to make it 
>a
> > much more fun engine to drive than the standard 1.6TD)
>
>Uh, NO, Eric - there WAS a 1.6TD ECO diesel on the US market (we were
>spared this abomination north of the border,) but the 1.9TD AAZ motor
>was ALSO called an ECO diesel.  This engine has fuel delivery and timing
>maps to minimize soot and NOX output.  It is a non-EGR engine with a
>one-way catalyst (same as the 1.6 ECO and TDIs)  The engine came in B3
>Passat and A3 platform cars in Canada.
>
>And the 1.6 ECOdiesel would ONLY be fun to drive because of the 4.25
>final drive.  This engine was coupled with short gear ratios to keep
>particulate emissions low.  Its torque numbers were more in line with a
>normally aspirated diesel (75-80 lb-ft range) do to the lack of fuelling
>on boost.
>
> > Many dynos have proven that the numbers VW quoted for the stock TDI were
> > silly low.  I've seen multiple dynos showing 100 hp and 185+ ft lbs *to
> > the wheels* from stock TDIs.
>
>The TDI's (like any diesel) power output varies greatly depending on
>factors such as ambient air temperature, and fuel temperature and cetane
>rating.  The EDC (elctronic diesel control) computer's job is to monitor
>these and other parameters (the key ones being air mass at the MAF and
>intake manifold pressure) and adjust fuel timing and volume to minimize
>emissions and maximize power output.  Because of this, a stock TDI (or
>any other diesel) will perform much better at sea level on a cool day
>than it will on a hot day at 7500 feet.
>
>Drew
>
>84 Wolfsburg Ed. Scirocco GTD http://scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca/gtd
>89 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Avant
>94 A3 Golf GL TurboDiesel, 99 A3 Jetta GL TDI
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