[Vwdiesel] Been a while

Wed Dec 19 10:26:42 PST 2018

I decided to stick with 4.57 due to 1.5" lift and 215/75/15 bfg all
terrains for a top end cruise of 65mph for my Westy. She sways too much for
me to want to go faster, even with the T3 heavy duty sway bar. I also wish
to be able to pull my small fishing boat 55 on 2 lane hwys. Planning on a
peloquin type diff and the heavy duty parts. Never in a hurry in my joy
wagon, just don't want to really piss off the bumper humpers. My AAZ is
fresh and don't want to tear it down to make TDI. The AAZ and worked over
diesel transaxle will be going into a future Baja beetle project to make
things interesting. It'll have real heat for playing in the snow during the
winter ;-)

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 12:01 PM the libbybapa <libbybapa at gmail.com wrote:

> Ralph, I'm doing similar, although going with a 4.14 from Bernd Jaeger
> rather than the 4.57.  I'm also working with my daughter on an
> adventurewagen for her with a Mk3 mTDI (It's actually a franken engine with
> an AAZ block with ALH pistons, ALH rods, AHU head, etc...).  Her
> adventurewagen is an automatic and we got the 3.3 R+P from German Transaxle
> for it.  I'm excited to see how that works out as I have a '91 automatic
> with an mTDI ALH and automatic with the 3.7 R+P and have really enjoyed it
> but the gearing is still to short.  All fun stuff.  Happy Holidays
> everyone!
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:34 AM Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yup, been pretty quiet. Busy remodeling the house and waiting for it to
>> warm up outside to work on the Westy. Taking out the original diesel
>> transaxle and building an 094 5 speed. 5.43 to a 4.57, possibly part of
>> the
>> reason I blew a hole in the block of my ahu M-tdi. Never ran it over 3500
>> but usually 2800-3000. Will have to put in the AAZ td until I can piece
>> together another ahu. Happy holidays Volks!
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 9:30 AM <pmdolan at sasktel.net wrote:
>>
>> > James:
>> >
>> > That lot full of TDI's is now empty.  It was right  beside the shop that
>> > does the safety inspections on my old FLD120.  Not a car in the yard
>> now.
>> >
>> > BTW: we should get together for a coffee some time in the new year
>> (can't
>> > do that now, the weather is allowing me to do work outside on farm and
>> home
>> > that I could not do in summer as gone all year).
>> >
>> > Pat
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:26:30 -0600, "James Hansen" wrote:
>> >
>> > Yeah, that's the spirit. Turning the 13 Passat in friday, already have a
>> > low mile neutered 15 Passat that gets fixed proper after it's off
>> warranty
>> > in March. Supposed to be more power, but just got back from a 9 hour
>> drive
>> > today. With the emissions fix, it's got less go than the 13 in stock
>> tune
>> > for sure, and the 15 numbers out at more hp. 44mpg too in usg. not
>> > spectacular. that shall improve.
>> > Did you source the A3 from a dealer Jason? Here (saskatchewan) word is
>> > they are crushing all the A3's. I see a big jail full of them by the
>> > racetrack in Saskatoon.
>> > -james
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Vwdiesel [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On Behalf Of Jason
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 9:05 PM
>> > To: Vincent McBeigh
>> > Cc: VW Diesel Group
>> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Been a while
>> >
>> > We bought our A3 after dieselgate for a good price. It`s going in for
>> the
>> > `fix` later this week. Then I`ll fix it with Malone software :)
>> >
>> > Jason
>> >
>> > On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 21:31, Vincent McBeigh wrote:
>> >
>> > > An A3 TDI would be about the perfect car for me, but finding a good
>> one
>> > is
>> > > like hen’s teeth. I like the DSG shifts. They’re actually a little
>> soft
>> > for
>> > > my tastes, almost like trying to emulate a torque converter auto and
>> > that’s
>> > > just wasted clutch material. Any one I get would end up with an engine
>> > and
>> > > tranny tune, probably from Kerma or APR.
>> > >
>> > > I love C2 and have bought their tunes before; but I don’t know if they
>> > > have any tunes that modern.
>> > >
>> > > VM
>> > >
>> > > Potentially hilarious or offensive typos sent from my iPhone
>> > >
>> > > -VM
>> > >
>> > > On Dec 18, 2018, at 19:19, Jason wrote:
>> > >
>> > > The BHW is from the earlier B5 car which had a ZF 5 speed auto (2005).
>> > > I`ve got a 5 speed euro vanagon transmission to mate it to.
>> > >
>> > > My wife`s `10 A3 TDI has the DSG. Very sporty but she finds the shifts
>> > > too aggressive. I like it much better than an auto but rarely drive
>> it.
>> > >
>> > > Jason
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 18:20, Vincent McBeigh wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Unfortunately, the Passat was not a manual but a DSG. Not really a
>> > >> problem but the rest of the car didn’t really check out.
>> > >>
>> > >> Maybe a nice TDI Sportwagen will pop up. Great to have with the
>> newborn!
>> > >>
>> > >> It’s between that and a WRX. Both have their strong merits.
>> > >>
>> > >> VM
>> > >>
>> > >> Potentially hilarious or offensive typos sent from my iPhone
>> > >>
>> > >> -VM
>> > >>
>> > >> > On Dec 18, 2018, at 17:18, Jason wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > BHW is the 2.0 PD engine found in the Passat. Not that complicated|
>> > >> These
>> > >> > make 300 ft-lbs with a chip tune :)
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Jason
>> > >> > Uberbus
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 17:47, Bryan Belman
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> BHW, I have 2 BEW's in these cars, what was a BHW in?
>> > >> >> BEW is the Pump Duse motor, you don't want to put one of those
>> > >> >> in.........complicated.
>> > >> >> but they have been good to me.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
>> > >> >> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
>> > >> >> 04 Golf TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running :<)
>> > >> >> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9TD AAZ -- running :<}
>> > >> >> 70 Type 1 Beetle -- Running :-)
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> ------------------------------
>> > >> >> *From:* Jason
>> > >> >> *To:* Hayden Chasteen
>> > >> >> *Cc:* "vwdiesel at vwfans.com"
>> > >> >> *Sent:* Sunday, December 16, 2018 4:31 PM
>> > >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Vwdiesel] Been a while
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Still a few of us out here!
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Just about to start a BHW TDI into an 89 Vanagon myself!
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Jason
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 07:55, Hayden Chasteen
>> > >> >> wrote:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>> Just wanted to know if this list is still operating. I know Loren
>> > was
>> > >> >>> screening all the posts but I haven’t gotten anything in a
>> while. I
>> > >> am
>> > >> >> in
>> > >> >>> the middle of a TDI swap into an 82 air-cooled Vanagon. I have
>> been
>> > >> in
>> > >> >>> touch a bit with David Cook and he has helped me a bit. Just
>> wanted
>> > >> to
>> > >> >>> know if anyone else is still out there. Hayden
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