[Vwdiesel] 7-7-7

[Terry Briggs]

Excellent info ! thanks.
On Feb 25, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Schroeder, Ronald J wrote:

> The inspection guys won't know this but you CAN replace a gas engine 
> with a diesel here in NY.  It's especially easy if the vehicle is pre 
> OBDII................just do it and go to DMV and have your 
> registration changed from Gas to Diesel before your next emissions 
> inspection so the inspection computer doesn't come up telling the 
> technician to do an emissions test.
>
> If the origional vehicle origionally had OBDII, then the replacement 
> engine MUST also be OBDII.
>
> Ron Schroeder
>
>> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:14:07 -0500
>> From: Terry Briggs <vbriggs at stny.rr.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 7-7-7
>> To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
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>> 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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