[Alberg30] VW Diesel Engine

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

I am so glad to see marine people have picked up on this great engine. I have 
a Yanmar in my A30 and no problems. But I own a VW Diesel Beetle which I LOVE 
and you are right. The engine runs like a clock. 2800 to 3200 rpm (85-95 mph) 
hour after hour after hour. At 1800, its just coasting. Now I'm talking about 
the new TDI. Could anyone here be talking about the old Diesel from the 70s 
Rabbit which you can get rebuilt? I imagine the new engine is much lighter 
and more reliable, but a lot more expensive. What are the actual weight, 
horsepower figures on it? Where do you get the transmission to go with it? 
Obviously the auto tranny is not suitable.
Does anyone know the company that sells the marine package?
Paul 
Ashwagh #23

In a message dated 3/21/2003 9:26:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
marmei_v at pathcom.com writes:

> Subj: Re: [Alberg30] VW Diesel Engine 
>  Date: 3/21/2003 9:26:45 PM Eastern Standard Time
>  From: <A HREF="mailto:marmei_v at pathcom.com">marmei_v at pathcom.com</A>
>  Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:public-list at alberg30.org">public-list at alberg30.org</A>
>  To: <A HREF="mailto:public-list at alberg30.org">public-list at alberg30.org</A>
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> 
> 
> 
> No offence taken.....engine is not heavy compared to other engines and I am 
> 
> serious because I have seen one installed in a 32,27 and a 36 footer. They 
> run like precision clocks year after year. ..self bleeding and cheap 
> replacement parts.....compared to a Volvo.You need power when sailing and 
> motoring in currents of the west coast.
> 
> 
> At 11:20 AM 3/21/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >No offense, but your not serious about a VW engine in the A30 are you? 
> >It's way too much power and too heavy.
> >
> >
> >
> >Mike Lehman
> >"Gilleleje" #505
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----Original Message Follows----
> >From: Villo Marmei <marmei_v at pathcom.com>
> >Reply-To: Alberg 30 public list <public-list at alberg30.org>
> >To: public-list at alberg30.org
> >Subject: [Alberg30] VW Diesel Engine
> >Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:52:37 -0500
> >
> >Fellow Albergers
> >
> >I would like to know if any one of you out there has any 
> >information  about a company in the US that  makes and sells the 
> >Volkswagen Diesel Engine package for boats. I heard that this 
> >company  supplies the whole marine Package with  the proper Marine Cooling 
> 
> >system and Transmission. No radiator involved.
> > The VW engine is very reliable.Runs for years and years without any 
> >problems and has more HP than the existing engines now available. It is 
> >also small and fits into our kind of a boat  A-30.  I run a Volvo Penta 
> >MD7A and I am playing with the idea of a new VW installation.
> >A friend of mine bought a VW write off wreck from an insurance company 
> >(back end smashed right up to the dashboard) and installed the engine in 
> >his 32' aluminum Robersts that he built himself.....he also made the 
> >cooling conversion from car to marine. My friend passed away and the boat 
> >is somewhere in Argentina.
> >Villo Marmei
> >AHTI # KC 618
> 

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