[Vwdiesel] engine enterchange info/thoughts

[David Cook]

Are you doing a 1.6 or 1.9 "pre computer" engine?

It is my understanding that a 1.6 TD with appropriate
mods (such as an intercooler and injectors) can reach
close to 90 HP.  Or am I just on crack?  The first
TDI's were right at 90HP from the factory, so I
suppose that one could be stout enough to pull the car
okay.  Especially since a '97 Passat wagon was
available with a TDI.  The Cabrio would be lighter.

On the other hand, you could just go out and buy a '97
Passat wagon with a TDI installed by the factory if
that is what you wanted.  Plus, the 90 is on the low
end of a TDI's potential power output instead of
having the 90 being right at the very top.

So, I wouldn't really think about that conversion
unless I already happened to have a Passat with a dead
engine and I happened to have an engine waiting around
to be put into something, and I didn't have something
different to put the engine in (like a Cabrio...).

Just my thoughts.

David

--- raymond greeley <rgreeley2 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I am curious, i see several readers here have
> installed the newer 1.9 tdi's into older caddy's.
> How far forward can i go with a
> precomputer td engine. would a 97 passat wagon or
> say 95 cabrio, be too heavy for such a motor. just
> thinking newer options etc.
> ray
>
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