Hey man what's with the radio in the background. You picked two good cars. Japan and Germany make excellent vehicles. It'll last you a long time. You can run 400,000 kms easy on any of these cars especially a diesel. ;-)
Oh before I forget, despite the fact that my power windows, my front upper left light do not function and my radio rattles and I've gone through two alternators. The 6.2L diesel has over 500,000km on it, the 4x4 works excellently, it sounds great, and was a lot more reliable than my previous rig. Bottom line, I'm tired of people pulling facts out their asses.
You've never worked in a garage before have you, thought not. After all the VW's my father and I worked on we've concluded that the worst carburetors EVER were manufactured by VW same goes for their transmissions. But none the less VW does make outstanding diesel engines. My first vehicle was a 1988 Toyota Hilux turbo diesel, the turbo jammed on me, great engineering huh? After that I moved on to an 83 K5 6.2 diesel Blazer. I didn't regret the Blazer for a second.
the vw body was rusting apart. 23 years of driving around on michigan's salt covered roads. Not too many daily drivers from the 80's still cruising around here.
i wanna do the twin cam tdi swap in to a prius or something. vw is awesome. or maybe a early model vw gti. mmm. much lighter car.. really run like a dog
it looks like a Non turbo 1.6, all you need is the turbo and the intake and you can get MASSIVE power out of it. I've seen 1.6TD's making close to 200Whp
a metro engine would not improve fuel economy like an efficient vw diesel. both the crx and the vw were able to get over 50 mpg in stock form. Marrying the more efficient motor with the lighter more aerodynamic looking car i expect to have fuel economy numbers in the range of 60-80 mpg.....but only time will tell
dodgey
kscorer2 3 months ago
when you get it out you better replace the Valve cover gaskets and the oil pan gasket.
websuspect 5 months ago
thats great! i am doing a diesel swap too!
canadacatalyst 11 months ago
you are awesome for this. I think its a shame that american consumers dont really go for diesel passenger cars.
chris6801 1 year ago
2 losers wanted you to put an 18b in it.
SakoTGrimes 1 year ago 2
what year motor is it?
MrAlexandermartel 1 year ago
what year motor is it?
MrAlexandermartel 1 year ago
My only question is why? How much lighter could that crx be?
024reredrum 2 years ago
HOLY westy frontend and sweet
fooooord3 2 years ago
Hey man what's with the radio in the background. You picked two good cars. Japan and Germany make excellent vehicles. It'll last you a long time. You can run 400,000 kms easy on any of these cars especially a diesel. ;-)
MrNeosoul99 2 years ago
Wicked awesome you gonna get alot of milage man!
Run it on veggie oil man. Kick ass. Show more vids. Ja! Ja!
MrNeosoul99 2 years ago
The Honda chassis should be considerably lighter than the VW. You should get great fuel milage.
gil2264 2 years ago
Germans make good cars
Jappanees make good cars
Americans?
They can hold a screwdriver and a hammer with their oily hands...
... And are terrible car engineers!
Oh, and have a horrible taste ofcours. ;)
FrightfulAccountant 2 years ago
but we won the war!
thequaks 2 years ago 3
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FANADICALCOWHEAD 1 year ago
Oh before I forget, despite the fact that my power windows, my front upper left light do not function and my radio rattles and I've gone through two alternators. The 6.2L diesel has over 500,000km on it, the 4x4 works excellently, it sounds great, and was a lot more reliable than my previous rig. Bottom line, I'm tired of people pulling facts out their asses.
@jacuzzibusguy
Have you finished your magnificent project? And are you going to re-paint your car? Anyway, I can't wait to check out more!
FANADICALCOWHEAD 1 year ago
@FrightfulAccountant
You've never worked in a garage before have you, thought not. After all the VW's my father and I worked on we've concluded that the worst carburetors EVER were manufactured by VW same goes for their transmissions. But none the less VW does make outstanding diesel engines. My first vehicle was a 1988 Toyota Hilux turbo diesel, the turbo jammed on me, great engineering huh? After that I moved on to an 83 K5 6.2 diesel Blazer. I didn't regret the Blazer for a second.
FANADICALCOWHEAD 1 year ago
Did you ever finish this project? post a video and let me know. please
rabbit4diesel 2 years ago 5
dude both great cars definetly want to see more a+
julescicle 3 years ago
the vw body was rusting apart. 23 years of driving around on michigan's salt covered roads. Not too many daily drivers from the 80's still cruising around here.
jacuzzibusguy 3 years ago
@jacuzzibusguy apart from the Honda which was 2 years older!
monkeyboy27476 1 year ago
Why the swap? What wrong with the VW body?
cabritorsss 3 years ago
i wanna do the twin cam tdi swap in to a prius or something. vw is awesome. or maybe a early model vw gti. mmm. much lighter car.. really run like a dog
12valvepower1 3 years ago
Honda CRX = 52mpg + VW diesel = 52mpg = 104mpg. Brilliant!
How about putting the Honda engine into the VW now and making it somewhat fast?
Diesel FTW.
SakoTGrimes 3 years ago
it looks like a Non turbo 1.6, all you need is the turbo and the intake and you can get MASSIVE power out of it. I've seen 1.6TD's making close to 200Whp
tiexgrr 3 years ago
This is an awesome project you have going here! Definitely not a waste. You are going to get some crazy mpg
xedice 3 years ago 2
A VW diesel powered CRX,now that's trick from top to bottom! You're going to achieve mad fuel mileage! Keep it up!
laurent345 3 years ago 2
a metro engine would not improve fuel economy like an efficient vw diesel. both the crx and the vw were able to get over 50 mpg in stock form. Marrying the more efficient motor with the lighter more aerodynamic looking car i expect to have fuel economy numbers in the range of 60-80 mpg.....but only time will tell
jacuzzibusguy 3 years ago 3
...and also with the vw diesel motor, there is clearly more torque... the geo motors suck with torque and have less hp.
rabbit4diesel 2 years ago
what a waste. mind as well put a geo metro engine in
dajahvue 3 years ago
vw diesel = 1000000x better than metro engine
proverbart 3 years ago