vw diesel engine in an svx?

[Octanerush]

i was wondering if anyone heard of a diesel vw vanagon wagon direct bolt on for the svx?
i was browsing the new for svx motor pix and came across this site
www.vanaru.com
they sell svx engines that bolt onto the vanagon and it's direct bolt on no wire splicing
i wonder if it's possible to do the reverse and put a vw diesel engine into the svx

[b3lha]

Why, for the love of god, would anybody want to replace a smooth powerful 240bhp H6 with a noisy, smokey, 90bhp 4-cylinder diesel POS engine.

[AndrewR]

Originally Posted by b3lha

Why, for the love of god, would anybody want to replace a smooth powerful 240bhp H6 with a noisy, smokey, 90bhp 4-cylinder diesel POS engine.

Better than 20 Mpg on more expensive fuel?

[Octanerush]

diesel engines are so easy to extract more power out of
i had a 1992 jetta torbo diesel. uped the boost boost gauge. blow off valve
and made it so much fun and still got 800-900 KM for 40L of diesel

[LetItSnow]

(1992 Jetta weight) * 1.5 = (SVX weight)

Looks like you might only have 2/3 the fun?

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by LetItSnow

(1992 Jetta weight) * 1.5 = (SVX weight)

Looks like you might only have 2/3 the fun?

Jetta's were ever fun???

Tom

[subeman90]

the vanagon boxer diesel is a steaming pile of isht. if you going to do something crazy like this I would get a TDi engine and use it or sell the svx to someone who can appreciate it and go buy an already "converted" VW

[Octanerush]

i was just looking at it because it was a direct bolt on.

otherwise i love the svx. but because of fuel prices going up.
not so bad now but end of summer looking at $1.40/L
looking at alternatives for the engine

already have a project this summer for using a power generator (gas or diesel) hooked up to couple of electric motors attached to the stock transmission

gonna be trying it out with buddy on his old suby loyale
if it all works out going to do it to the svx

currently looking at a 1.5 hp engine with over 300lbs torque should be interesting

and for something outrageous 300 hp electric motor with god knows how much torque for $6500 LoL

[Hondasucks]

Originally Posted by subeman90

the vanagon boxer diesel is a steaming pile of isht. if you going to do something crazy like this I would get a TDi engine and use it or sell the svx to someone who can appreciate it and go buy an already "converted" VW

The vanagon diesel is NOT A BOXER, it is a standard Rabbit diesel inline four, laid on it's side.
And with a whopping 53 HP, they're even more gutless than the standard water cooled Vanagons (91 HP for the 1.9, 98 for the 2.1)