[Vwdiesel] 1990 Turbo diesel Fox 2 dr Wagon

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

Unless your 1.6 diesel came out of a Dasher,  Audi or Quantum with the fore
and aft rather than the sideways configuration you will need to change lot's
of parts but you will have most all of them on your Fox gas engine.

Brian Decker

 

From: adamo robison [mailto:adamanderr at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:52 PM
To: decker at toledotel.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] 1990 Turbo diesel Fox 2 dr Wagon

 

awesome and thanks. any good sites or forums.... i  assume the motor mounts
need changing.. do you know of any other modifications



> From: decker at toledotel.com
> To: adamanderr at hotmail.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] 1990 Turbo diesel Fox 2 dr Wagon
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:50:41 -0700
> 
> Hi Adam; 
> A VW 1.6 N/A diesel loves the tall VW Fox 4spd tranny. It took my 81
> Dasher sedan from a town car to a highway traveler. If you don't want to
> spin the guts out of the low RPM diesel you need the tall tranny. I
> installed a 1987 VW Fox 4 spd tranny in the 81 Dasher in place of the
short
> tranny and about 3 years ago I made a 8800 mile trip to the east coast and
> got an average mpg of 49.5. You can't do much better than that.
> Brian Decker
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of adamo robison
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:18 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 1990 Turbo diesel Fox 2 dr Wagon
> 
> I have a fox wagon too ive been dreaming of making diesel..i have access
to
> a 1.6 na but feel it d be worth holding out for the turbo.....is there a
> good source of info or forum where yall have been
researching.....especially
> about transmission options and a good source to find them.......or maybe
> just go with what i have....a four speed manual and the 1.6 na....would
that
> be too high a gearing for the low rpm diesel thanks again this is a good
> thread so far
> 
> From: adamanderr at hotmail.com
> To: uberhare at gmail.com
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] 1990 Turbo diesel Fox 2 dr Wagon
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:14:48 -0400
> 
> > Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:16:12 -0400
> > From: uberhare at gmail.com
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 1990 Turbo diesel Fox 2 dr Wagon
> > 
> > I see there are a bunch of guys running Fox wagons! In the pile of
> > obsolete parts I purchased, I have a few sets of rear Cofap shocks I'd
> > like to get out of my way. $25 for a pair plus freight. I'm only
> > asking $25 for the time it will take me to box them up and drive to 
> > the post office.
> > 
> > Jason
> > (from Canada)
> > 
>