Turbo is the stock KKK on both,
M-TDI, a lot was ignorance on my part, for which I would love to do it all again but differently as now I know more and I think I could get it to work well.
I would bin the JX LDA and fit a upright one!
Mount the intercooler proplerly.
Im going to remove the pump and 110hp injectors and keep them for a rainy day, I think me trying to get it to perform as it should and messing with the boost pressure is what finally killed it, think I went too far.
It was great when it ran, quiet, quick to sart and economical but to sort it out would have been hassle, I just wanted to sell the van at the time and thought no one would buy it with a half arsed TDI in there, reverting back to a IDI 1.6TD seemed the better choice to sell the van.
As things have panned out looks like I will be keeping it as it looks ace! and I lived in the thing for 6 months in a car park in Chamonix France and did a winter snowboarding season out of it with my girlfriend I don't think I could part with it! Too many good memories.
Trouble is with the T3 they are very low geared and with the TDI producing it's power at lower revs the van was crippled on the Motorway. Without spending massive amounts on a new crown wheel and pinion to get it to work anywhere near where it should it was always going to be a bind to drive. Quick off the mark, *** on the move.
This way, with the 1.6TD it fits straight in and works as it should. A few tweeks here and there to liven it up should make the difference. as a IDI it would sit quite happily at 80 mph on the motorway, with the TDI 80 was a push.
There was also the hybrid clutch, stock clutch is 215mm, this ain't man enough for a TDI so I ran a hybrid clutch, Audi flywheel, LT friction disc and a cover plate from something else, can't remember.. Because coverplate was larger I had to remove the timing marks for it to fit the bell housing, which, er, left me without proper timing marks! bit of a git to set the timing.
Everything was a comprimise, I didn't want to spend a fortune on parts for it not to work so it was thrown together.
Brilliant learning experience, loved it, learnt alot about Diesels, I will look more into it when I have time but with my garage only being 1 year old and with a baby on the way spare time for playing isn't really on the cards at the moment, just want something that works, as it should.