83 turbo diesel rabbit

[dieselwillis]

picked up an 83 diesel rabbit with 235 on the odometer 140(supposedly) on the na engine with bae aftermarket turbo kit and rayjay turbo, came with extra engine that i have grand plans of rebuilding with all the turbo specific parts, pics to come and coilovers ordered!

[absentee]

I have an 81 rabbit 1.6d with the same aftermarket turbo kit that you have Id love to see pics!

[dieselwillis]

http://s1324.photobucket.com/user/Ca...ibrary/?page=1 i think this is the best way for pictures, let me know what you think!

[dieselwillis]

I have an 81 rabbit 1.6d with the same aftermarket turbo kit that you have Id love to see pics!

have you had any trouble with it? do you have a pyrometer hooked up? if you do what is the max temp you let it get to?

[Steve.]

Good looking Rabbit. I'm excited to see what you do with it.

SAVE THE SQUARES!

[dieselwillis]

[C.T.]

Got the honor to drive this beast an hour and a half back to Bend the other night when he bought it. Awesome car, can't wait to partake in the lowering process! YEAHHH BUDDY!!

[milano_red]

Those lights on the front look awesome.

I hope you plan go keep them

[Stupid Kid]

those lights are tight, dig the p windows too

[dieselwillis]

lights are staying for sure

[Wyatt Lay]

This is great. Color match those pea shooters after lowering and shoot dang.

[absentee]

A ton of maintenance stuff, replaced the head gasket, rebuilt the entire shifter setup, fixed a bunch of rust on the floors and put a lot of sound deadener down, full 2.5" exhast, among LOTS of other things. I have an EGT gauge, highest I have seen is just over 1000, but I was TRYING to see how high it would go. Usually it doesnt even touch 900. Cruising at 65-80 on the highway its at 500-750. I know people that run temps up to 1500 for very short spurts.

[dieselwillis]

A ton of maintenance stuff, replaced the head gasket, rebuilt the entire shifter setup, fixed a bunch of rust on the floors and put a lot of sound deadener down, full 2.5" exhast, among LOTS of other things. I have an EGT gauge, highest I have seen is just over 1000, but I was TRYING to see how high it would go. Usually it doesnt even touch 900. Cruising at 65-80 on the highway its at 500-750. I know people that run temps up to 1500 for very short spurts.

i have gotten mine up to 1350 but it was on a ten minute uphill, the previous owner (a vw mechanic) installed a super legit secondary fan that keeps it fairly low most of the time

[absentee]

A secondary radiator fan? The coolant temp really doesnt affect EGT's. My radiator fan doesnt even work right now and It doesnt give me a single problem other than overheating after idling 5+ minutes

[fpsthomas]

Those diesels can go like the wind! Alot of potential