transfers the torque supplied by the engine from the mainshaft of the transmission ... design causes what is referred to in engineering design lingo as a gstress riserh. ... that section to break off entirely. The VW re-designed part does not break (far ... You do the math... THE GOWESTY LIBRARY Diesel engines in Vanagons. We have installed ... 1.9 liter turbo diesel engines in six Westyfs, all 1982 vehicles that ... were already diesel powered, except for one which started ... out life as a 1985 gas model. The engine that is easiest to install is the AAZ ... engine code type. It is 1.9 liter and turbo ... charged like the TDI, but is not a TDI. Instead it is the earlier generation ... 25-28 mpg if driven conservatively. The TDI is a way cooler engine (about 160 ft- ... involved. On top of that, the TDI has the turbo mounted below the intake ...
requirements. A proper AAZ 1.9 turbo diesel engine installation alone into an ... already dieselpowered Vanagon is about $6500. Then on top of ... than for the waterboxer or stock 1.6 diesel in order to fully take advantage of the ... , and a .70 5th gear. That puts the engine rpmfs at about 3000 @ 70mph. That is ... about a $5000 gearbox! Now, I love diesels. I have a 1998 E300 Mercedes Turbo ... diesel, three 1982 VW Rabbit pick-up turbo diesels, and a ... 1984 Jetta turbo diesel. My first Vanagon was a 1987 Wolfsburg ... first thing I did was buy a complete TDI engine and wiring harness for it. I ... is still in it), and got ready for the TDI conversion. In the meantime we did the ... six aforementioned diesel installations and started our more ... program. Long story short, the TDI engine sat on the shelf for about three years ...