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- From: eldred@rrunner.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Eldred)
- Subject: Re: Info on Bus Campers - Buying Used
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:59:27 GMT
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- In article <1ere9oINNed4@uwm.edu> danno@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Gary Soiney) writes:
- >I wonder...if the diesel vanagons used diesel rabbit motors, wouldent an early
- >(a1) gti engine work, and are 16v motors also a possible swap?
- >
-
- I can think of a couple of potential problems with swapping a gas engine
- for a diesel:
-
- 1. The diesel engine is canted over on its side quite a bit in order
- to fit. Once you add the manifolds for the gas engine you may find
- it to be quite a squeeze, or that it may not fit at all. Have fun
- with trying to fit in the fuel distributer and air ducting, not to
- mention customizing the exhaust manifold.
-
- 2. The gti and 16v engines are designed to put out a lot of horsepower
- at high rpm's for a fairly light load. The Vanagon requires a lot
- of torque at low rpm (you lug the engine constantly). This is going
- to destroy a high-performance, high-compression gas engine real quickly
- with pinging, even with a knock sensor, and the performance is going
- to be lousy because the knock sensor will continually attempt to
- retard the ignition timing. The diesel, on the other hand, is ideal
- for lugging forever.
-
- - Dan eldred@rrunner.jpl.nasa.gov
-