I'm not 100% sure, but I recall a firend of mine looking to do that same thing. Not sure if he looked at the ALH head or what combo, but the cooling passages did not match up at all so he gave up on that idea. Again there maybe a combo (1z?) that does fit and my friend did not investigate it far enough.
I think early tdi (1z) head will fit. A friend of mine compared head gaskets 1z and td aaz... Do you know if any DI pistons fit 1.6td rod?
Pete from volkspart is working on putting together a IDI to TDI kit.
TDI conversion kit for 1.6 IDI engines. I am working on converting a 1.6 diesel to a 1.6 TDI. The kit will include a complete TDI head, TDI pistons with rings, and cylinder sleeves. This is an incredible project. I am hoping for at least a 10% increase in efficiency. You will use your old injector pump, and timing belt. I hope to offer this for under $1000. This will be a complete 1.6 engine overhaul kit. You will end up with a new 1.6 TDI engine! I hope to offer this kit early 2008. I hope to have a prototype engine running shortly...
would there be any issues with using cylinder sleeves, as in lack of heat transfer between the sleeve and the block? warpage from overheat? or am i wrong?
Quote from: "jtanguay"would there be any issues with using cylinder sleeves, as in lack of heat transfer between the sleeve and the block? warpage from overheat? or am i wrong?This came up in class today. My prof said it's not common practice because of costs. From the sounds of it you wouldn't have a problem.
It's not quite the simple. You need to heat the block up and freeze the sleeve in liquid nitrogen and have it pressed in and then you need to have it honed. You'll probably also have to have the top of the block machined for the flange and then you have the task of finding sleeves