[Vwdiesel] Sipster (Top Gear) old vdub - new TDI engine

[brian gochnauer]

www.car-part.com

On 6/5/09, raymond greeley <rgreeley2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi James, I am putting together a diesel cabrio swap as we speak. the first
> one just as a exploratory effort.
>
> I think it will go well and anticipate trying a tdi swap into a pre 98
> cabrio. any thoughts on where i can find
>
> electrical/computer configs for such a swap.
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>
>
> ray
>
> > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 01:16:37 -0600
> > From: jhsg at sasktel.net
> > To: brian at gochnauer.net; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Sipster (Top Gear) old vdub - new TDI engine
> >
> > Cool. I know the guy that did the conversion- CWS tuning in Regina Sk.
> > Funny, he never was big on diesels in the past, in fact, I have bought at
> > least five diesel parts motors from him in the past that he "couldn't be
> > bothered with"... the shop was definitely anti-diesel to an extent- they
> > were converting the diesels to gassers.
> > Might explain some of the trouble the top gear guys had...
> > -james
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> > > On Behalf Of brian gochnauer
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:12 AM
> > > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Sipster (Top Gear) old vdub - new TDI engine
> > >
> > > The Top Gear guys finished building there 'Sipster'.
> > > With a goal of 70+mpg and 0-60 under 7 seconds.
> > >
> > >
> http://www.topgear.com/us/features/more/project-sipster-sipster-indeed/
> > >
> > > I already have a '90 Jetta (just refurbed, except the engine) and an
> > > ALH
> > > engine on the floor, ...mmm, maybe ;)
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