Diesel crank in a 16v???

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 9:07:14 am 01/31/06 "Calimus" <calimus@techography.net> wrote:
> Is there a chance that someone would and could put a diesel crank in
> a 16v (1.8 flavor)?  If so, the block would have to be line-bored
> correct?  An rather then the crank bearing being .20 they might need
> to be about .25?
> I'm asking because the rocco the wife picked up had a diesel starter
> in it that died over the course of the day.  No biggie, I replaced it
> with a standard sarter that I had layin around.  However, it seems
> the the starter (which was in perfect working order when I removed it
> from a car) seems to have trouble turning the engine the first few
> revolutions.  It doesn't seem like a power (electricity) issue as the
> cables to ground and to the starter are about 4 guage.  Not as beefy
> as I normally go, but pretty damn close. The battery is only 4 months
> old and has more then enough CCA's.
> So I wondered that if maybe someone tossed a diesel crank in the car
> at some point, which boosted the compression (i'm guessing around
> 11.0:1) so they added the diesel starter to help compensate.?
>
> Is this possible?  An if so, why might they have done it.  The cars
> power feels pretty good, but it's nothing major over my worn out 16v
> rocco with bad motor mounts, cracked exhaust and 300k miles.
>
> Anyway, just curious if I could be onto something or if I'm smoking
> crack.
> William S.
>
I dunno about the crank, but often wiring can make it seem slow the first
few times over, sometiumes the smaller wires to the starter or coil get
jarred loose and behave like that, and check the security of that tranny
ground too. And maybe I'm on crack too..
Cathy