Wants to see pics of your diesel in all its beauty!

[MK3 GTD]

very nice cars you have there VentoGTD. what lip is that on your MKIII? if you don't mind me asking

[VentoGTD]

very nice cars you have there VentoGTD. what lip is that on your MKIII? if you don't mind me asking

It's from SEAT TOLEDO, needs some bumper and lip triming to fit.

[VW Scully]

[RAMMSTEIN]

VWScully, did the chrome trims came standard, or did the previous owner add them on?

Sweet looking Rabbit!  :wink:

[VW Scully]

Everything on the car is STOCK!  

[srivett]

Here we are with 13" Canadian Tire wheels and winter 155s.  Very nice.  The headlight covers on the other hand are a love/hate relationship.  When I bought the car it had a set that were all cracked and falling apart from being hit with rocks.  The problem is that they are far away from the headlights so they fill up with snow in between.  Not while driving, but when parked.  Sometimes I have to remove them to get the snow out which makes them a bit laborious.




Steve

[Hammy]

Steve;
  It looks like youcould drive around the block with that cord you got there on the front! Just kidding, it looks pretty handy actually. Mine is a two door, but the same shape. Yours looks mint too. Jeez, I need a digital cam!  :oops:

[Vhunter]

Hello everyone,

I am new to the GTD forums, and thought I would post a picture of a few of my diesels to introduce myself.  I live about 45 miles outside of Omaha, NE.



In front is a '99 Jetta TDI, and in back is an '03 Dodge 2500 CTD 6-speed 4x4.
The Dodge is mostly stock, while the TDI has a few mod's to it.  G-60/vr-6 flywheel/clutch, bigger injectors, RC 3.1 chip, steel skid plate, larger oil cooler, E-code headlights, 2.5" cat-back stainless exhaust with Borla muffler.

I also have an old '81 rabbit diesel that is in very bad shape, mostly for parts. Not driveable.   I hope to pick up another '81 rabbit in much better shape next week if the weather permits the trip, and will try to get it into tip top shape. Info gained on these forums will be a big help in that!

I used to have an old '87 MB 300SDL, which I ended up tradeing off for a small gasser car, which I don't want to talk about.  :oops:

Heres a picture of an early 300SDl,  The SDL was a little longer, with most of the space in the rear seat area, and a bigger rear door than the 300SD.



I am looking forward to lots of diesel discussion and info about the VW diesel on these forums !

Arnie

[DA-BRT]

This looks like a nice topic to introduce me and my vw's to you.

I'm from The Netherlands and an Automotive engineer for DaimlerChrysler in Stuttgart Germany.

My love for VW and their diesel engines is very big. I've owned a lot Volkswagen diesels.
At the moment there are 3 cars that are ok for daily use. And a Rabbit and Jetta1 for parts.

Al the work and modifications on the car I do myself.

A 1990 Caddy with 1.6 NA Diesel it's my RAT-Caddy that brings me to work and back. I also use him for picking up parts and stuff.







A 1992 Jetta 2 with 1.3i engine. This is the family car on his winter ires at the moment. For the summer there are Porsche 928 16" wheels on it. Still a lot of work planned.







But first my favorite..... car has to be ready.

A 1982 Jetta 1 with original a 1.3 carb engine soon to be replaced by a prepared 1.6 GTD engine with 4T gearbox with quaife dif and gears.
For this car I planned to use for the summer old VW Beetle wheels with a chrome hubcap without logo... Nice Oldschool... Imperial on the roof... enz..







I'll keep you updated on my modifications.

[Patrick]

Just a couple things, for starters, nice 82!  To the best of my knowledge, the 1.3 engine never got sold on this side of the ocean. My soon to be parked 84 2 door Jetta has it's original engine, a 1.7l gas  (366,000 km and counting) with injection. Newest car I've dealt with with a carb, 1976 rabbit. 77 was injected here.  Last thing, we didn't get the big headlight on your 82 either. My 84 and 84 parts car both have 4 sqaure headlights.

[DA-BRT]

For the old jetta I got a lot of plans, but first the technical part of the car.

Here in the Netherlands there aren't that much old cars because we use salt on the roads if it's freezing and living close to the sea doesn't make the bodywork better.

There was a 1.1 engine sold in the rabbit and jetta1 here in Europe. The 1300 has engine code GF with 60 Hp.

The 1.7 liter engine has never been in a european car. Do you know the engine code so that 1 can check if we got a similar engine here.

Al the old jetta's has got the big headlights and our rabits has got round lights. The small headlights you talk about are very rare here. They are only to be found on imported Rabbits and Caddies.

[srivett]

A trailer hitch on the 1.3 eh?  Interesting...what could you possibly tow that wouldn't fit inside the trunk? Popcorn? :roll:  The mileage must be pretty good, how many litres per 100 km did the 1.1 rabbit get?  A new Golf TDI in Canada gets 4.6 on the highway.  Mine is getting 6.5 overall which is better than most new cars around here.

The following engines are 1781CC

GX 85HP
MZ 90HP
HT 100HP
RD 102HP
RV 100HP
PF 105HP
PL 123HP

Steve

[Patrick]

From looking at the sticker in the trunk, my 84 has a tranny code of 7A and the engine code is EN (I think). I know the Chilton's manual tells me th eengine is 74 HP.  1.6l Diesel NA is 52 HP and 1.6 TD is 68HP. (All 1984). My wife's 1987 Fox says 1.8L 88Hp. (Gas)And the headlights? My car is German built, not US. The Fox, however is Brazilian.

[Blades]

From looking at the sticker in the trunk, my 84 has a tranny code of 7A and the engine code is EN (I think). I know the Chilton's manual tells me th eengine is 74 HP.  1.6l Diesel NA is 52 HP and 1.6 TD is 68HP. (All 1984). My wife's 1987 Fox says 1.8L 88Hp. (Gas)And the headlights? My car is German built, not US. The Fox, however is Brazilian.

The EN engine is the 1.7L 8v. (It's got a nice forged crank)
The 1988 fox your wife has is a JN engine. It's a 8.5:1 CIS engine.

Jetta PACIFIC !!!!! I've seen one a few street from my place. I've never head of another here.

[Spike_TDI]

Love the wheels on the Mk III....