Diesel trade for a Scirocco?

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Give me more!  I have thought of doing that.  Is there any write ups on the
engines you are talking about?

On 9/23/07, Mark F. <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 9/21/07, Don Walter <dswalterwi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It is my way of sharing the Scirocco love as I can't drive all three
> enough
> > and I need something with better mileage as my drive to work is 70 miles
> per
> > day.  I don't have anywhere to properly store more than one.  I wish I
> could
> > keep them all.  There is even a Mk1 that is going to waste nearby
> too.  I
> > wish I could pick that up.
>
>
> Easy answer here - TDI swap!  There area bunch of TDI swaps going on
> these days, as the TDI engines are starting to get cheaper.  There are
> chip tuners out there who will remove the immobilizer feature, so the
> full cluster/ignition swap isn't necessary anymore.  Get an older
> 1Z/AHU engine if you want a straight bolt-in swap.  They get
> phenomenal mileage in our older, lighter cars.  Plus you can get some
> serious power out of them without any fuel mileage penalty (in fact,
> potential mileage usually goes up!).
>
> Something to think about...
>
> Later,
>
> Mark
> 75
> 82
> 82 Caddy - mTDI swap in progress
> 91 Jetta Coupe - future (mild) TDI candidate
>



-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)