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Originally Posted by Zeitgeist
I've thought for some time that it'd be nice to locate a Syncro 5spd wagon, then transplant in a 1.9L tdi engine. That would be a nice winter rig to run opposite my 300TD in the warmer months--though we only experience inclimate conditions a few days each year up here in the rainy NW.
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Terrible thing to do to the Syncro unless the engine was blown! The old 10-valve 5-cyl is one of the best engines VW/Audi ever made. Should go almost as many miles as the TDI if cared for properly.
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AlexTheSeal: hack mechanic, inadvertent drifting champ, builder of infernal devices, professional epistemologist
'87 300D Turbo, roadtrip mileage champ (for sale!)
'92 Isuzu Trooper, mudder extraordinaire (for sale!)
'82 Honda Silverwing, cockroach of motorcycles
And various boring daily drivers...
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