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First post, so.... name's Ben, hail from Tassie, 35 years of age, graphic designer turned TIG welder by trade and... I don't own a Volkswagen. To be honest I wouldn't mind a nice Passat Wagon in the near-future, but we'll see...
My reason for being here is to ask a very specific question - are there many of the old mechanical-injection 1.6, 1.6TD or 1.9TD engined VWs in Australia? As far as I can tell, these were common in late 70s to early 90s VWs, which appear to pre-date Australia finally getting onboard with diesels in passenger cars. Then again, a fair number of Mercedes oil burners made it here in the 80s (I used to own a 190D 2.5) so anything's possible, I guess.
I ask because I currently own a Suzuki Vitara with a sick engine, and swapping in one of the old-school VW diesels is a very popular conversion both in Europe and the US, where the donor engines are common, sort of our equivalent of Commodore Ecotec V6s... but, y'know, much much much better-er...
I realise this may well be sacrilege to some (!) but I'm currently toying with options for the Zook, and quite frankly a little turbo-diesel is preferable to the usual petrol options. Conversion kits and a wealth of knowledge are easily found however if the engines themselves just don't exist locally then the point is obviously moot.
Cheers and thanks in advance!
Ben.
First post, so.... name's Ben, hail from Tassie, 35 years of age, graphic designer turned TIG welder by trade and... I don't own a Volkswagen. To be honest I wouldn't mind a nice Passat Wagon in the near-future, but we'll see...
My reason for being here is to ask a very specific question - are there many of the old mechanical-injection 1.6, 1.6TD or 1.9TD engined VWs in Australia? As far as I can tell, these were common in late 70s to early 90s VWs, which appear to pre-date Australia finally getting onboard with diesels in passenger cars. Then again, a fair number of Mercedes oil burners made it here in the 80s (I used to own a 190D 2.5) so anything's possible, I guess.
I ask because I currently own a Suzuki Vitara with a sick engine, and swapping in one of the old-school VW diesels is a very popular conversion both in Europe and the US, where the donor engines are common, sort of our equivalent of Commodore Ecotec V6s... but, y'know, much much much better-er...
I realise this may well be sacrilege to some (!) but I'm currently toying with options for the Zook, and quite frankly a little turbo-diesel is preferable to the usual petrol options. Conversion kits and a wealth of knowledge are easily found however if the engines themselves just don't exist locally then the point is obviously moot.
Cheers and thanks in advance!
Ben.