TDI - power?

[soltwede@privateI.com (Night Shadow)]

Well..go drive one!

The TDIs are faster than the 2.0 crossflow.  My TDI Golf (2900 lb car)
manages to break the 120 mph mark...can't imagine what that power would be
like in a 2000lb pickup.  The TDI makes its power in torque.  They are
rated at 90hp and 150 ft/lbs of toque, stock.  Heavily modified they are
making 150hp and 300 ft lbs.  Minor mods will net you 100hp+ and 175+ ft
lbs.  That is the torque of a VR6 motor....all the while getting close to
50 mpg.  If you really want to learn what these motors are about, and what
they can do, head over to www.tdiclub.com and do some reading.  They
really are one of the coolest engines to come out of VW in a long time.

You really can't compare a 1.5 naturally aspirated diesel from 1979 to a
Variable Vane turbo charged 1.9 liter direct injected diesel from
2002....they are in two different worlds.  Your pre-chamber injection 1.5
liter makes maybe 50 hp and less than 100 ft lbs of torque.

Eric

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, JARED HASS wrote:

> TDI  -  Power ???
> Does it really have good power?
> Is it worth the switch over?
> I just got a  81' Pickup that has been converted to gas, but I was
> considering turning it back into a diesel.  Is a TDI conversion worth it?
> 
> Jared
> 
> My 79' Dasher Diesel is reliable and has great gas mileage, but doesn't have
> any power.....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Night Shadow
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:29 AM
> To: T Berk
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: [tech] Audi 1.8T in a MKII Rocco???
> 
> 
> > OK, but there is a 1.8t donor that doesn't run drive by wire, right?
> > Shi... uh I ,mean Shoot- If I put a working 1.8t into my Mk1 Scirocco I
> > wouldn't even worry about chipping the damn thing, just quaiffing it.
> >
> > Stock and reliable and less than twenty years old? What's not to like.
> >
> > SOmebody might say, 'well why stop there, keep going!'
> >
> > To that I direct the thoughtful reader to the movie Boomerang and the
> > though thread based on 'You cant stop there, you have to
> > Co-Ooordinate!...'.
> >
> > Better it works well than doesn't work faster.
> 
> I am with Tosha on this one....and along those lines...why bother with a
> 1.8T?  You want relibility, gas mileage and power in one package?  Screw
> the 1.8T, go TDI! (1.9T).
> 
> --
> Eric
> Northglenn, CO
> 
> 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
> 80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
> 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
> 00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)
> 
> "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."
> -Kelli Fox
> 
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Eric
Northglenn, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)

"For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."
-Kelli Fox