[Vwdiesel] 7-7-7

[Terry Briggs]

I'm not so sure it's "legal" to convert a gasser. I seem to recall an 
inspection law here in NY that you can, or could "if" that car had that 
particular option. I'll have to ask my inspection guy and see what the 
real scoop is for NY.

Also, I think they now have a U.S. version of topgear and they, the US 
guys were converting the rabbit, so I imagine they would be talking US 
gallons.
On Feb 23, 2009, at 6:13 AM, William J Toensing wrote:

> To my knowledge, TopGear is a British car magazine published by the 
> BBC. They also have an automotive comedy show that appears on Monday 
> nights on BBC America. You can watch it on Dish satellite channel 135. 
> Don't know about various cable channels or Direct TV satellite. If you 
> are a gear head you will most likely enjoy these shows, especially if 
> you enjoy seeing foreign as opposed to American iron & many cars you 
> can't buy in the USA. However, keep in mind their orientation is 
> towards speed vs. economy. Also, the 70 MPG probably relates to 
> Imperial vs. USA gallons. FYI for converting, one USA gallons= 3.785 
> liters.
> This article makes me wonder how easy it would be to transplant a 3 
> cylinder VW Polo TDI diesel into a first generation Rabbit. Also, to 
> you members living in the UK, how much are good used Polo TDI engines 
> going for in the UK in junk yards? I think you call them "breaker" 
> yards. For that matter, what would a good Ford Focus diesel engine & 
> manual transmission go for? Or would a Focus diesel engine bolt up to 
> a Focus gas engine transmission? As you in the UK probably know, we 
> can't get the diesel Focus here but I believe it is legal in most 
> states to convert gas car to a diesel.
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