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Volkswagen Diesel Beetle

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:04 pm
by whc03grady
Sorry for linking to Jalopnik articles more than anything else, but there're a couple writers over there who're ACVW guys and pretty funny/interesting writers besides.

"Volkswagen certainly has done a dazzling job of turning their entire line of Diesel cars into a steaming, heaping pile of beaver shit with their duplicitous emissions fudging-system, but it’s nice to know this isn’t the first time diesels have bitten them on the ass. The first time was, of course, much simpler."full article

Re: Volkswagen Diesel Beetle

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:32 am
by Bleyseng
Here is a pic of the engine I took

Re: Volkswagen Diesel Beetle

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:14 am
by Amskeptic
It would be fun to try again with a little more modern diesel technology atop a Type 4 base . . . slow is the new cool. Says, me, that's who.
Colin : )

Re: Volkswagen Diesel Beetle

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:56 am
by weisswurst
OMG, an factory air cooled diesel diesel?!?! I wish I had one of those, my life would be complete (or at least close..)

Re: Volkswagen Diesel Beetle

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:25 am
by whc03grady
Amskeptic wrote:It would be fun to try again with present-day Volkswagen's cheating diesel technology atop a Type 4 base .
Fixed it for you :pirate:

Re: Volkswagen Diesel Beetle

Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:27 am
by Amskeptic
weisswurst wrote:OMG, an factory air cooled diesel diesel?!?! I wish I had one of those, my life would be complete (or at least close..)
I would love to experience that engine. Note, however, that the diesel injection pump is a serious parasite and it is 90* to the crankshaft, which tells me that there must be some bevel gears in that there crankcase, working mighty hard.