Does Audi Recognize the 5000?

[David Head]

The 1.9 TDI in the Jetta/Passat/Golf is the Audi 1.9 TDI - legality would not be a
problem.

Steve Sprague wrote:

> George Harris writes:
>
> > In the same book there was a write up about the TDI. It started out in an
> '88 with 80 hp, and was listed last in an A8 ('94 I think) with 140hp. I
> would love to have the economy of the diesel but can't live
> > without the get up and go of the gas Turbo in the 5000. Anyone who
> > commutes on high speed highways knows what a life saver the ability to get
> up to highway speed is when merging.
> >
> > Has anyone seen the higher horsepower TDI's available on the used
> > market? Can they be fit into the 5000 Quattro retaining the running
> > gear? Can the older TDI's be upgraded to the higher power?
>
> Audi did not ever sell a TDI engine based model in the US market.
> It would be very difficult to source such an engine, and it won't be
> legal since none of the Euro engines are certified for US emissions.
>
> Ti,
>         I'm not totally up to date on the details, but if George was to tinker, is
> it possible to do a TDI conversion?  Say take a Passat TDI engine and graph
> it to a 5k or A4?  I would think almost all the parts would convert to the
> A4 most easily.  I don't know if the blocks would fit in a 5K but since the
> later model Passats are essentially A4's they a lot of the parts would cross
> over.  Of course George, you would need to have a very large budget for
> parts.  I would think the parts availablity would not be as great but are
> there.
>
>         I did learn to drive in a '78 Rabbit (Golf) Diesel which had tremendous
> torque off the line and died as soon as I got through the intersection!  And
> it still delivered 30+ miles per gallon!  A fun car. (Sorry, I divert).
>
> My 2 pence,
>
> Steve
> 84 4kqs (315K miles, soon to be 316k)