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Re: [T3] engine swap


Subject: RE: [T3] engine swap


> isn't the 1.6 diesel just a smaller version of the
> 1.9TDI motor in the current VWs.  thats a watercooled
> inline4.  that would be a tricky swap.  ive seen older
> VW diesels(out of the rabbits and quantums).  they are
> the straight 4 watercooled of course.
>
>
Yes, It is an inline 4. But, VW did put it into the T-2 vanagon back in the
early '80's. I owned one. They were underpowered in the vanagon. I bought it
in California, and my son drove it back for me. It could hardly make it over
the Rocky Mountains with a motorcyle in the back seat. Since VW put it in
the vanagon, there should be adapters to the 12v bellhousing. It might even
fit under the stock T-3 engine cover, as they laid it WAYYYY down on its
side, and it used the T-2 engine mounts.
I might have to check into this.

Russ Wolfe
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org/


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