History question, type 44

[Larry C Leung]

Wow, look at what I started!

Neat info, too bad I can't even bother to fantasize about owning the
dream beater/daily driver type 44 quattro Avant, 2.1 liter I-5 TDi....

LL - NY

On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 20:20:50 +0200 Eyvind Spangen
<eyvind.spangen at c2i.net> writes:
>On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:25:19 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Just wondering, were there ever any type 44 diesels or turbo-diesels 
>in
>>the US?
>>I know (test drove one once) there were turbo-diesel type 43's, but I
>>don't recall ever
>>seeing a US diesel type 44.
>
>The european type 44 was delivered with 3 (some say 4) different
>diesel engines, all 5-cylinder. From the start, a 69 hp 1986 ccm NA
>diesel (CN) and a 87 hp turbodiesel (DE) was delivered. The NA diesel
>was enlarged to 2.4 liters and got about 80 hp in 1988. The
>turbodiesel stayed at 2.0 liters, but got an intercooler, and 100 hp.
>This engine was used to 1990, when the 2460 ccm TDI (first TDI!) was
>introduced. Now with 120 hp, it is quite fast too. No type 44 diesels
>were available with quattro, but all as Avants. I once owned a '87 100
>Turbodiesel. It used no more than 0.5 liter/10 km and was actually
>powerful enough to pull a trailer, but it had manual transmission, I
>guess an automatic would be a lot slower. 
>
>The engines are quite similar to the other I5 engines. Some engine
>parts, like pistons, valves etc. on the 1986 ccm engine are
>interchangeable with the VW 1.6 diesel.
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>ES
>
>