[Vwdiesel] Re: going price of 1.6L turbo diesel engine

[gary]

The proper term is "Unobtanium" (courtesy 'The Core')

-Gary

On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 00:37 -0400, Libbybapa at wmconnect.com wrote:
>  I think the alloy is called "expensivium" or possibly "suckerium" and 
> behaves exactly as the aluminum of the n/a heads.  I have also heard that the 
> alloy is in fact the same.  I am not a metalurgist (not even sure if I spelled 
> it right), so I do not know for certain.  Valves may be different.  AFAIK the 
> casting number can be the same for n/a and TD heads of a similar year.
> Andrew