Pietenpol-List: VW Diesel
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 11:48 pm
Original Posted By: allen smith [mailto: allenfarleysmith(at)hotmail.com]
Allen, I have no expierence with the new Golf deisel your considering.I'd agree your first consideration might be weight. The old Rabit Deisel was exactlythe same as the gas engine with the exception of the head and inductionsystem. As such, they were very lite for a deisel but they still lasted almostforever. Unlike the GM 350 conversion which was a desaster. The big problem withthe old rabit deisels was vibration. There were parts of the car that sufferedfrom vibration failures the exaust system was almost imposible to keep togetherin it's stock form for a reasonable length of time. VW cut some cornerson the exaust, which worked ok on the gas Rabit but diden't fair so well on the diesel.Sounds like a good experement. If it wored out you'd probably have a plane that could reallystrain your blader between fuel stops.Gene Tomblin --- On Fri 08/16, allen smith wrote:
Allen, I have no expierence with the new Golf deisel your considering.I'd agree your first consideration might be weight. The old Rabit Deisel was exactlythe same as the gas engine with the exception of the head and inductionsystem. As such, they were very lite for a deisel but they still lasted almostforever. Unlike the GM 350 conversion which was a desaster. The big problem withthe old rabit deisels was vibration. There were parts of the car that sufferedfrom vibration failures the exaust system was almost imposible to keep togetherin it's stock form for a reasonable length of time. VW cut some cornerson the exaust, which worked ok on the gas Rabit but diden't fair so well on the diesel.Sounds like a good experement. If it wored out you'd probably have a plane that could reallystrain your blader between fuel stops.Gene Tomblin --- On Fri 08/16, allen smith wrote: