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Originally Posted by otto huber
I'm pretty sure that the engine is a poorly engineered, 5 cylinder piece of junk.
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Actually it is the 6 cylinder 2.4 liter turbodiesel VW motor that they put in some of the 1st generation LT commercial vans (meant to fill the same market niche as the Dodge/Mercedes Sprinter). I guess they are a lot more common in Europe, and have a pretty good reputation there.
I mistakenly ID-ed it as a 4 cylinder based on the pictures in the CraigsList ad - because I mistook the intake manifold for the valve cover and it looked too short to be a 6 cylinder (even such a small displacement 6).
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1984 300 Coupe TurboDiesel
Silver blue paint over navy blue interior
2nd owner & 2nd engine in an otherwise
99% original unmolested car
~210k miles on the clock
1986 Ford F250 4x4 Supercab
Charcoal & blue two tone paint over burgundy interior
Banks turbo, DRW, ZF-5 & SMF conversion
152k on the clock - actual mileage unknown
Last edited by rcounts; 11-22-2009 at 12:57 AM.
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