" From: Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> " " " It's not just an Audi pattern. It's the same as Jetta and Audi diesel. " VW used some in the VW vans along with water cooled under powered 4 " cyls (a common swap here and overseas is the Audi 5 cyl) That motor " was also used in the Gremlins and late '70s Porsche 924 (with turbo " too!) " The local junkyard had a 924 with bad trans that someone cannibalized " everything off the motor and the bell pattern is an exact match for " the 904 in the Jeep. Starter/flexplate are different though. The trans " in the DJ would be just the thing for making a 5 cyl diesel (Volvo " used the VW motor too) powered XJ. this is very interesting! i wonder if their narrow-angle v6s or the wider audi v6s also share the pattern? or the audi v8s? volvo used a straight-6 version of the diesel, still very underpowered and iirc they had problems - with the crank? volvo also used aisin warner autos including the a30-40le [aw4], but i don't know when they switched to it. imho for a diesel a toyota 2L-T would be an easier swap, as they also used aisin warner trannies and have bells for the ax5, ax15, and aw4. last version was an obd-1 98hp 2L-TE with something like 150 ft-lbs at 2400. these are old tech prechamber diesels though. for modern common-rail direct injection, toyota has the 1kd/2kd family, used with ax15 and aw4 relatives in the current model hilux vigo - see http://www.sonimotorsthailand.com/vigo.html . the hitch would be getting them here, but soni sounds like they might help - and supply manuals in english - and places like gotengines.com might be good too. they go from 102 to 163 hp with torque up to 253 ft-lbs, limited by the tranny i think. or if you prefer german engineering - the tranny in the wrangler rubicon is a benz nsg370, also used in a raft of euro-spec cars and suvs, including the g and m class with the same 5-cyl diesel we see here in the sprinter van. and maybe the 5's big brother, the inline 6 from the e320cdi would also bolt up, with a euro-spec flywheel and ecm. these are more powerful than the toyotas and the 6 has a metric buttload of torque - almost 370 ft-lbs. perhaps vw's recent 1.9/2.0 diesels still have the old vw/audi pattern. also a challenge would be marrying the 'foreign' ecms to the jeep sensors and instruments, straightforward -in-principle- -- it's 'just' electronics... " From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker) " " " From: Jim Blair " " " " " " The DJ will be gone for the first $200 (needs a master cyl and " " windshield plus it's RH drive with the VW/Audi 2.0L I was going to " " swap for a VW diesel and make 4x4. " " you probably found this out already - this 2.0 is a '60s-'70s " audi-only engine - maybe pre-vw - and probably doesn't share bolt " pattern with the '70s-up vw 1.5-2.0 gas and diesel family. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list