i am dobbling the idea of either a 4BT or a VW TDI into my RAM 1500 and i wanted to know some stuff about the TDI
1. Can the TDI be made to work with a mechanical pump
2. what kind of power can be made with the TDI
3. can it be made to bolt upto the gas engined Dodge manual trans
4. how relibale are these engines on the timing belt that runs just about everything on the front end.
5. can the TDI be adapted to run a mechanical fan "i got my reasons for this one ties into question #1"
6. can this engine be bored or stroked any and what sort of common combo's are out there
i am dobbling the idea of either a 4BT or a VW TDI into my RAM 1500 and i wanted to know some stuff about the TDI
1. Can the TDI be made to work with a mechanical pump yes it can
2. what kind of power can be made with the TDI depends on the budget
3. can it be made to bolt upto the gas engined Dodge manual trans idk
4. how relibale are these engines on the timing belt that runs just about everything on the front end. belts are 60k intervals and i have 2 of them with over 300,000 miles
5. can the TDI be adapted to run a mechanical fan "i got my reasons for this one ties into question #1" probably
6. can this engine be bored or stroked any and what sort of common combo's are out there
i would personally chose the 4bt for a half ton i put one in my dakota and that's as big as i would go with the 4 cylinder tdi, but if your talking v6-v10 tdi then i'd choose the tdi.
really i always thought they were heavy(similar to the 3/4 ton) my dakota is 4300lbs and my tdi at 150hp and 300lbs moves it way better than the gas motor.
its one of those things that is hard to explain but its the same reason you can find 3/4 ton axels and breaks under a 1/2 ton the weight of a 4 door dakota is similar to a 2 door 1/2 ton
my truck weight is about the same as a dakota,
if i might ask what dakota do you have and what did you do to your TDI as far as mods go?
but i had gt1749v turbo .216 injectors and a kermitdi stage 3.5 custom tune, but now i just changed to mtdi pump and its has more power now and its all mechanical, soon its getting a hx25 as-well. also I rebuilt it with alh pistons and studded it so it will last.
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