1.6 golf diesel in bay

Does anybody know the end result on that guy who was trying to fit a golf 1.6 diesel into a bay ...can't remember if it was on the forum or it was on U Tube ...he was having a tough time but he was winning , must have been a year ago ?

 

A 1.6 diesel?....... wouldn't be worth the effort. Ive had a few mk1 golfs and a caddy with the 1.6 engine and they could barely pull themselves along..

 

There seem to be a few diesel T4s out there I can overtake up hill with a 1641.... I wouldnt bother messing with an engine that might be even more gutless and probably not a lot more economical especially as you may find euro-diesel-hate coming to a big town near you.

 

Ive not seen a derv conversion for a bay yet that runs cool enough and provides a lot better fuel economy to warrent the initial cost
Id be interested if you do find a build that does though

 

@shielsy's mate I think had a 1.9 Audi A4 or Passat that seemed to pop along quite nicely...

 

Fuel wise they are crap.. my caddy ,unladen sitting at 70 ( motorway) used the same financial amount as me 1.8 16v convertible did ( and that went a bit quicker ).

Ive seen an irish guy over on a different forum that had a cracking conversion... there's a few over on an american TDI site ..

And mines gonna be amazing...............

 

Theres a good conversion over on VWKD where a guy used a mk3 golf aaz 1.9 tdi engine.

 

Ah rabbitboy .. he travels all over europe in his all the time...

 

The 1600 turbo diesel can knock out 100bhp ish with a few little mods, double a 1600 aircooled

 

So can a 1600 air-cooled with a few mods.

Though one of the mods would be make it nearer 2L.

 

Ahh but you added the word turbo to the equation ..

 

Did he have coverage on his convertion ,if he did maybe he was the one and i have it wrong being a 1.6

 

We converted the crew cab to a 1.8 gti engine and without a doubt it was a good move, however not sure there would be much gain in a 1.6 golf engine. If your going to the effort to convert it, may as well do a proper job 20V Turbo next

 

I couldn't agree more with the last bit^. If you're going to go to the trouble surely you want to feel some improvement, not just a different smell. On that score I bought an a/c engine from someone who'd converted to diesel and TBH their whole van stank of diesel. Not good!

 

mate done his used engine from an audi a4 he used the 5 speed gear box cutting of the bell housing spinning it 360 degress and rewelding it , it goes like hell his name is dave whetley in armagh in n ireland

 

I don't know if it's just me but I think that these vans are built air cooled so should stay air cooled I'm with zed on I would rather have a bigger air cooled engine than change so much of the van

 

It was 'rabbitboy' from what I remember a good conversion that'll take a while longer than a weekend!

 

I love the simplicty of the air cooled engine

 

Who is Rabbitboy , did he have his conversion on video.

 

There used to be someone on here called dieselbay I believe