North America's First Turbo Diesel VW Fox

[JGWarner]

EDIT: This car is for sale as of August 2011. Drop me a line if you want it.

Yup, someone is crazy enough to do it. And he's me.

Posted on the VWvortex forums, where "Foxers" are (obviously) more common. What we call a VW Fox never got diesel in North America, and never got a Turbo anywhere!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5186163-JGWarner-s-Turbo-Diesel-Fox

Enjoy.

[Smokey Eddy]

Also, not that this is new to you but if you still have loads of dirty parts, a basin of vinegar mixed with dish soap (fairly high concentration of dish soap) or engine cleaner for the parts to soak really speeds things up.
You think letting them soak for a day is wasting time but it really helps the crud come off quickly and painlessly.

[JGWarner]

You see? You see why I wanted to join this forum so badly!? That's why. Right there.

Thanks for the info, I'll definitely reconsider the turbo's condition. I feel alot better. I thought the oil in the downpipe was a death sentence but the motor definitely shifted in transport as you suggest... In fact, it's probably got less play than that video shows!

[Quantum TD]

I think you need some of this:

[JGWarner]

Turd polish? Not sure how to take that, pal.

Thanks for the welcome, I guess. 

[RadoTD]

Two thumbs up from me for swapping in an engine that a car never came with!

[JGWarner]

Two thumbs up from me for swapping in an engine that a car never came with!

Thank you. You don't know how much I needed that just now.

[Quantum TD]

Guess who's got an NOS (and NLA) oil-cooler water hose (the "T-ed" one)? Some place in GA did a closeout about 3 years ago, and I bought a few....

[JGWarner]

Does it come with a free can of turd polish? I'm running low.

[macka]

Does it come with a free can of turd polish? I'm running low.

Use less polish and more buff, you are wasting too much of the precious stuff . Giver on the conversion, I want to get one of the quantum diesels so I can plug it into an iltis. I want to make it my hunting wagon, wheeling toy.

[GEE-BEE]

hey quantum, is it the old one piece design ?

The new ones suck and are 3 piece rubber with a plastic T
GB

[Quantum TD]

hey quantum, is it the old one piece design ?

The new ones suck and are 3 piece rubber with a plastic T
GB

It's the old one-piece with a moulded seam. It doesn't look exactly like the one that came off my car: it looks like the seam is reinforced with ribs. But it's Genuine VW. Part number 068 121 053 R.

If you were planning on making silicone clones, I'd give you one if you promised to replace it with a silly-cone version.  

I don't think there's a HUGE market for them, but enough Quantum engines get reappointed to longitudinal applications that you might sell a few (I'm thinking of Suzukis mainly). There probably aren't enough actual Quantums left on the road to make a buck on them, but the motors live on...

[JGWarner]

There probably aren't enough actual Quantums left on the road to make a buck on them, but the motors live on...

They sure do. Interestingly, the Zuki kits out there usually come with a metal or plastic T to splice your own coolant hoses instead of the one piece factory hose. They also have a novel alternator mounting bracket solution I may resort to, since I'm deleting the A/C.

[ktownboostn]

Hats off to you man ! Great build idea ! Diesel Fox Wagon is pure win in my books !

[JGWarner]

Hats off to you man ! Great build idea ! Diesel Fox Wagon is pure win in my books !

My sentiments exactly.

Remember, Diesel has been done in the Fox, but Turbodiesel has not. 1st evar in North America.
And the diesel BX cars in South America I believe are just NA motors with turbos attached, as opposed to a true TD swap.

I'm regularly updating the other thread at VWvortex. I'm saving the tough questions for you guys.