924Board.org

mcadam1121 · Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 109 Location: wichita, KS

has any body considered putting a volkswagon 4 cylinder turbo diesel in a 924
i think it would be cool to have an oil burner 924
i think diesel trucks are the shit so why not my 924
technically the engine i pulled out of my 924 was volkswagon so it would technically be all good for loyalist
i think it would be cool rolling off the line with black smoke rollin and the turbo spoolin
_________________
The Ginger
77 porsche 924 Martini

alexvex · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:

if a diesel is blowing black smoke then it's not tuned right nor making the maximum power.
_________________
--Alex--
1992 Porsche 968 (VW 2.5L I5 Turbo swap in the works)
1995 Audi 90 Quattro Sport (4.2L V8 Swap)
2010 Touareg TDI
Past Pcars: 80 931, 87 924S, 87 951

Rich H · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:

the Audi diesel that I looked at was SOHC and not even a crossflow head, dunno about VW diesels, but it would be as much work as fitting any other engine so why bother with a smokey oil burner, when you could have V8 power...
_________________
1994 Lotus Esprit S4 - Work in progress...
1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
1953 Landrover S1 - Pensioner Spec

PORSCHEV · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:

It would be worth the bother IMO... maybe by "oil" buner he is referring to burning veggie oil as I burn in my 92 F250. While the rest of the world is freaking out about the price of gas I am driving around on waste veggie oil for free.
_________________
1976 924
5 lug conversion, 17'C2 wheels,custom body work,327 vette engine.

1978-#53 "D" track racer.

Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

it has been done...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_j-c8piGn4
_________________
"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

moone924 · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 868 Location: Douglas Wyoming

years ago someone posted a pict of a 924 with a 1.6/1.9 diesel engine in it somewhere in germany... It was a mechanical injection diesel much like I had in my Audi 4000/80 Turbo Diesel or what you find in a early golf or jetta
_________________
Ryan Moone

Always shopping for a nice s2 931 to baby.
New philosophy : one car project at a time.