VW Diesel Transplant?

[donohue at nycap.rr.com]

Note the email address...he's in Canada, where there are probably available, unlike the US.  Also, just as a note of interest, there's an '83 5000 turbo diesel automatic on eBay right now.


---- "Danton J.A. Cardoso" <djacardoso at gmail.com> wrote: 
> John B,
> Where is he going to find one?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of John B
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011 16:13
> To: auditony at gmail.com; turboquattro at shaw.ca
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: VW Diesel Transplant?
> 
> 
> You know, you can always buy a 5000 turbo diesel engine...... bolts right
> in, bolts to trans, no wiring (all mechanical). 
> 
> > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:45:19 -0500
> > Subject: Re: VW Diesel Transplant?
> > From: auditony at gmail.com
> > To: TurboQuattro at shaw.ca
> > CC: quattro at audifans.com
> > 
> > A couple of things to consider. The 5000 has only the 5-cylinder
> > bellhousing, which is different than the 4-cyl. The 80/90Q's had both, so
> > you would want to use one of those transmissions, or something newer.
> Other
> > than that, motor mounts would probably be the most difficult thing to deal
> > with. As for the clutch, Audi offered a 4-cyl Turbo diesel in the 4000, so
> a
> > clutch for that application, with a possible disc swap would work just
> fine.
> > 
> > Tony
> > 
> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Richard Sargent
> <TurboQuattro at shaw.ca>wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm wondering if it is possible to swap a VW turbo-diesel engine into an
> > > Audi 5000 chassis. It occurred to me that the match of the Audi
> galvanized
> > > body with a rugged all-wheel-drive system, combined with the
> fuel-economy of
> > > the VW turbo-diesel could be a great match for my needs.
> > >
> > > Is such a swap possible? Are the bolt patterns for the bell-housing the
> > > same? What problems might I have mating the VW clutch to the Audi
> > > transmission?
> > >
> > > I'm sure that there would be many small details to work out, such as
> motor
> > > mounts and fuel delivery, but I'm curious what the list thinks of this
> idea.
> > >
> > > Disclaimer: I've owned 7 type $$ Audis, and many turbo-diesels, so I'm
> > > familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of both. I'm currently down
> to
> > > only one type 44, but have 3 turbo-diesels.
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