Posted by Mike on October 01, 1998 at 05:59:57:
In Reply to: Re: diesel conversion kit for VW deisel engine posted by mike goodwin on June 30, 1998 at 20:14:50:
: A friend of mine has a vw diesel in his columbia 36 , i helped him install it back in 1980 or 81.it is a 'Pathfinder conversion', I dont know if they are still in business but this is a great boat engine and has given very little trouble and has been used very hard. good luck.
: : Does anyone know if there is a conversion kit for the VW deisel engine. I'm not even sure if it's possible, but I would like to consider it for a project.
Try looking up vw industrial engines, you are basically looking for a water cooled manifold. The rest is stuff that can be bolted on. You also have a custom wet manifold built by any reputable machine/welding shop...probably for 400-600 us for a 4 cyl. I know that vw sells versions of their 1.9l diesel for stationary applications, try the parts guy at a vw dealer ship also.
Please let me know what you find, I considered twin 1.6 diesels once but was financially unable to at the time. I have a cummins 3.9 with 100 hours on it and am building a custom stainless exhaust manifold for it, it started life running a fire pump at an airforce base, anything is possible, just persevere!!! Mike