how big and how much horsepower

[gwhammy]

I'm asking from a dummies point of view. Didn't know vw even made a diesel except for the real old rabbits. How big are these motors, are they front wheel , four wheel , or rear wheel drive. How much bombed hp. will they make?

 

[OilBurnerBob]

Most in the US and Canada are 1.9 liter 90 HP 155 ft/lb. Easily chipped to 116 HP 195 ft/lb. Chipped engines have about the same performance as a 1.8 T gasser up to about 50 mph - a bit less top end.

You can easily get 50 mpg on the highway so with the 16+ gallon tank you're talking 800 miles before a pit stop...

In Europe, you can get the 1.9 engine with 150 hp... runs 134 mph on the Autobahn.

A German ralley team has a 2.0 liter TDI that puts out 220 hp and drags their Golf 0-60 mph in 4 seconds...

Best of all, they're fun to drive. Gotta love that torque!

 

[Got Juice?]

Originally posted by gwhammy
I'm asking from a dummies point of view. Didn't know vw even made a diesel except for the real old rabbits. How big are these motors, are they front wheel , four wheel , or rear wheel drive. How much bombed hp. will they make?

There is a nutball out there with a 1.9l TDI pushing 270RWHP/380TQ IIRC it is on the vwvortex forum that i read it.

 

[me4osu]

I'm waiting for the...

V10 TDI Touareg.

Tuareg on Deuschland VW site.

I heard they will be selling here in the 2005 model year, but I have not confirmed it with a dealer yet.

228 kw (307.5 hp); 750 N*m (558 ft*lbf)

Now thats Fukengruven.

 

[HEAD HUNTER]

Re: I'm waiting for the...

Originally posted by me4osu
V10 TDI Touareg.

Tuareg on Deuschland VW site.

I heard they will be selling here in the 2005 model year, but I have not confirmed it with a dealer yet.

228 kw (307.5 hp); 750 N*m (558 ft*lbf)

Now thats Fukengruven.

Except I can't read it

 

[me4osu]

Thats the only place I have found it. They don't mention the V10 TDI on the US site. I used to work in Eastern Europe a lot, so I can "kind of" read German. Enough to know what power and torque are anyway.

 

[longhair]

I just ordered one yesterday(V10 TDI Touareg) They don't mention it on their website but the dealer has the order codes The V10 5.0 ltr 313hp@3750rpm 553 lbs.ft@2000rpm 0to62 in 7.8sec 72decibals average mpg is 28 Check out some factory offroad shots in Arizona a friend took http://community.webshots.com/user/vwandval

 

[JR2]

Hey longhair, How much did you have to pay to get the TDI if you don't mind me asking?

JR2

 

[CHarlan]

oh thats bad ass! Hope to see that V10 over here soon!

 

[longhair]

Just received the price on the V10 63k fully loaded

 

[Ggg]

WOW.... thats some serious coin fow a VW.

 

[ISurvivedNMU]

I would be thinking hummer for that price... They just need to have the dmax in it........

 

[longhair]

The H2 is crap The Touareg has better ground clearance and performance The H2 only gets 9mpg so they do need a diesel Even the Dmax is not as powerful per liter as the V10 TDI

 

[me4osu]

$63,000.00 semolians is about twice as much as I would be willing to pay for it. Looks like when it comes time to buy, we will get another Cummins.

 

[longhair]

Thats a dumb statement.The V10 TDI is in a SUV your cummins in a truck.Your not comparing apples to apples.On the other hand you get what you pay for.The Treg has 4 rreal doors the Dodge can't even offer.