1.9AAZ TD into '86 Vanagon Syncro @ 50 deg.

[Syncroincity]

Thanks, I'll look into that. It's all 3/4" for the intercooler lines.

[ricosuave]

great read, thank you

I'm so envious.  I only wish I would pick up a syncro van for 800!

[Syncroincity]

great read, thank you

I'm so envious.  I only wish I would pick up a syncro van for 800!

Thanks, wish I had more to report, simply no time to work on it lately. Motor is complete, flywheel & clutch are on, ready to mate up.

I need to sort out if I have the correct hardware for this and to hang it in the van, I have a feeling I'm missing a lot of large bolts.

Yeah, I got lucky with this one, the van was sitting at a repair shop, the owner just got fed up and wanted it gone. 'Course this was 10 years ago, at the bottom of the depreciation curve... Prices are climbing now.

[Syncroincity]

An idea I've been kicking around is a fan override switch, to put the rad fan into super high (a/c-on mode) on demand, when driving conditions require more airflow; like offroading, high engine loads but slow vehicle speed, to keep the oil & intercooler ahead of the incoming heat. I'll have to make sure to shroud & seal the sides of the coolers as best I can to direct the airflow.

A flaw in my design also occured to me; the hot radiator air will be blowing directly onto my spare tire-intercooler resevoir, I'm going to have to put a deflector shield on top of it.

[Syncroincity]

Holy Schnitzl, progress has been made. Mated up the engine & trans this weekend. I was unsure whether I had enough or the correct hardware to pull this off; I got nothing with the engine or mounts when I bought them. ...And I wouldn't have, except I installed ARP head studs, and so have a pile of triple-square grade-10 bolts laying about, which fit the engine-trans interface perfectly.   The starter bolts were a bit short for my liking, so I cut off the thick washers and gave them a few extra threads to hang onto.

I had to re-task the original gasser clutch cylinder bracket support rod, which meant hammering it flat, then bending it into exciting new shapes & drilling a new mount hole. I do have a diesel cylinder bracket, it needed some extensive rehab; welded up a ripped upper mount hole and stripped all the rust.

I used the stock DV dustshield, hammered flat with the center section cut out, and just elongated the mount holes a bit... no rubbing so far.

So... apparently a 1.6td oil filter mount is NOT compatible with the AAZ block, still looking for one of these for AAZ or 1Z block...

On to the pictures. Sorry about the soft-focus shots, looks like the lense was dirty. Note the Brickwerks throttle linkage.

[theman53]

Good deal. What turbo is it? I didn't check the entire thread sorry.

[Syncroincity]

It's a T2, stock on the Passat versions of the AAZ, and the only one that will clear the Vanagon engine mount... you can see how close even this one is, the wastegate actuator is almost touching the mount. The oil return line is giving me some problems too.

[Powered by Spearco]

As far as the oil filter housing on the block. You could use one from a 2.0L cross flow ABA coded engine.
Its got the one top bolt thats off center fron the 1.6L engines.

Nice build. Love the spare tank idea.

[Syncroincity]

Thanks, good info. I should rob it from the Jetta.

[Syncroincity]

...and yet more progress.

[fdnyguy]

Keep up the work. Looks like you don't have one of those typical Queens 2 family driveways.

Or you have REAL nice neighbors..

[Syncroincity]

Keep up the work. Looks like you don't have one of those typical Queens 2 family driveways.

Or you have REAL nice neighbors..

LOL thanks yeah it's single driveways on this street. Too bad it's pouring rain today.

[Bludodger]

I know we've had a rough December and January in NYC (57+ in. Snow) but any new news with this project? Can't wait for the next update and the thaw...

Keep up the great work

[Syncroincity]

Icebound... Can't even get the garage door open.  
It's OK, tho, keeping busy on the slopes, got some epic powder up in Belleayre, of all places. Haven't made it up to VT yet, but I don't
think they got as much snow as we did down here.

Spent last weekend in Pittsburgh watching the Steelers hand the Jets their asses. 13 deg on the field... (I'm from there) The woman is a Jets fan... it was a long drive back.

Still stockpiling parts, I now have all the components for 930-type front axles, with cro-mo torsional axles, 98mm outer CVs and 930 inners.
Also got the new Rocky Mountain Westy modular bumpers which are on sale now, with an additional 10% off from the Samba ad code "samba10"

[fdnyguy]

Icebound... Can't even get the garage door open.  
It's OK, tho, keeping busy on the slopes, got some epic powder up in Belleayre, of all places. Haven't made it up to VT yet, but I don't
think they got as much snow as we did down here.

Spent last weekend in Pittsburgh watching the Steelers hand the Jets their asses. 13 deg on the field... (I'm from there) The woman is a Jets fan... it was a long drive back.

Still stockpiling parts, I now have all the components for 930-type front axles, with cro-mo torsional axles, 98mm outer CVs and 930 inners.
Also got the new Rocky Mountain Westy modular bumpers which are on sale now, with an additional 10% off from the Samba ad code "samba10"

Stick to NY. We had a fireman from  Vermont riding along last night who said we got a helluva lot more snow here than what they received in Vermont.  And looking forward to the latest posts when (and if) it warms up.

Of course, there is always Maine, but thats a longer drive......

Stay safe, stay well. Jimmy