1.6 n/a D to 1.9 AAZ TD?

Hi - am currently shopping for a T3 Westy and have seen one that looks
pretty good, but has the woefully underpowered normally aspirated 1.6
diesel. I'm completely clueless mechanic-wise, so was wondering how much
of a pain it would be to convert this to a 1.9 AAZ TD? I'm assuming I would
need a different gearbox (from a 1.6 TD? or would the gearbox out of a 1.9
DG be okay?)? Would I need any other extra parts? Also, how much is this
likely to cost me (including professional fitting), assuming (good) second
hand parts are used? Thanks

And here's the bits required.

http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19940

oxford_guy wrote: g60steve wrote: yard.co.uk/VehicleSpecific/ T3/info/mods/aaz.htm"> http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/VehicleSpecific/T3/ info/mods/aaz .htm Plus loads more info on here about fitting an AAZ......<A class=nav href="http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/search_form.asp?FID= 21"> [IMG] alt="Search The Forum" src="http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/ forum_images/search.gif" align=absMiddle>Search</A>  Hmmm, so would need a new exhaust too, starting to look expensive...

Thought might still be do-able if I can get the van quite cheap... The AAZ
Steve's got sounds good.

daveNightingale wrote: You get what you pay for. Don't scrimp when it comes to finding a descent AAZ fitter.

Is there anyone you would recommend? Have had one quote from a guy on the 80 90 forum...

David Pickles wrote: I have an AAZ 1.9 TD in my Syncro DOKA Doesn't seem very fast to me can't understand why any one would bother. Seems alot of work for 5hp and abit of torque.

Depends - firstly if its to upgrade a normally aspirated diesel (which was
my original query), its a 25 hp upgrade (from 50 hp), secondly, if I did
have a 1.6 TD but it was worn out and needed replacing, why not replace
it with something a little more powerful?? Doesn't look that much more
work than replacing it with another JX, though not having actually tried
this, I confess I could be talking cobblers here... If I had a decent JX
engined T3 I wouldn't bother upgrading to an AAZ, unless it was worn-
out, though.

David Pickles wrote: Any diesel fans let me know how I can get more performance My 2.1 DJ is not fast enough never mind the diesel.

Really? I've driven a 2.1 T3 and it felt pretty nippy to me for a camper
(and I think it was a cat-restriced SS), mind you I'm used to a 1.4 VW
Polo usually, so my expections probably aren't that high!

David Pickles wrote: Many years ago I had a 1.6 Diesel use to pull a trailer with a race car on to the Pod. Now that was slow I think my expectations are more these days.

Time to get a 2.5 TDi T4?

Paul

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