[Vwdiesel] Re:turboizing 1.6NA

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Also, a factory 1.6TD has oil squirters built into the connecting rods to
bathe the undersides of the pistons with oil and remove heat. And as Bryan
points out, it will require a different IM and EM and special TD injector
pump, and turbo with oil and water lines and intake boot.And whatever he
powers that vanagon will have to run pretty hard just to move all that
weight. A TD really makes a Rabbit fun to drive, and it makes a Jetta move
pretty much like a gasoline-fired engine, but when I tried towing with my
1.6TD Jetta, I got some tendency toward overheating that I didn't like. As
Bryan says, whatever engine that goes in that vanagon is going to have to
move a lot of weight all the time, and will be working pretty hard just to
move the empty vehicle. And lots of people load their vehicles to the max
for vacations. The engineers that designed the factory TD had reasons for
making it different than the NA model.

Doyt Echelberger
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-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 01:26:08 -0500

You would be looking at replacing both the intake and exhaust manifolds.
You would also have to plumb in the lines for the turbo bearings. YOu would
also have to replace the injection pump with a turbo unit. I've heard of
this being done. One problem is bearing coking as the turbo lies almost at
the same level as the oil pan in a vanagon. With as hard as a N/A engine
works just plain moving a vanagon, I'd want to think that hanging a turbo on
a N/A block would be a very undesirable combination. Better to put a real
TD engine in it.
Bryan
1975 Mercedes 240D
1988.5 Suzuki Samurai Hardtop
1999 Dodge Ram Cummins Turbodiesel
2002 Saturn SC2
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Behalf Of Harmon Seaver
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:07 PM
How difficult would it be to add a turbo on my '82 Westy's 1.6 engine?
Can I
just use the parts from a 1.9TD? Is there a website somewhere for this
conversion?
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Harmon Seaver
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