[Vwdiesel] Overland parts?

[Kris]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 02:07:37AM -0400, Tom Wandel wrote:
> I am looking into purchasing a 1.9td to replace my 1.6na in my p/u. I have
> gotten a price of $3650 for a new 1.9td from Overland Parts.
> www.overlandparts.com Has anyone had any experience with this company? Good
> or bad? Any other reasonable sources of these engines? Any thoughts would be
> appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tom
>

I looked heavily into this (going in with no experience with engine
swaps).

I looked at two engines to replace the 1.6NA in my '84 rabbit.  One was
the 1.9TD(IDI, P/N: 028 100 017 R).  They state this is a direct upgrade
for rabbit/jetta/etc.., which should make the swap easier.

I also wanted to check out the 1.9TDI with mechanical management (P/N:
038 100 021 TDD).  I don't see why you couldn't fit this one in a A1.

I would stay away from the real 1.9TDI (like in new A3/A4's) unless you
are prepared to wire _all_ the electrical for this engine (example: gas
pedal is not mechanical, trigger connected to computer).

Keep in mind this is from my personal research (many hours though) and
parsing through listservs (there is a Westy diesel swap listserv on
yahoo..).  I have no personal hands-on experience with any of this. :)

In the end it was just too expensive to justify for the rabbit, unless I
wanted to go all-the-way for restoration, show car.  I would rather take
that 4k and put a down payment on an A3 TDI golf and start tweaking that. :)

What I would _really_ like is to import a UK Golf diesel.  They have a
150BHP/236torque(@1900RPM!!) TDI that still gets like 52mpg/av.  *druel*  Out race
and out gas-mileage perform everything out there. Plus the 6-speed
manual.

For the curious:
http://www.vw.co.uk/

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