Tdi upgrades

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Author Message   Matt (Doc175) Member Username: Doc175 Post Number: 106 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 08:54 pm:    Does any one know anything about diesel upgrades? Looking though this months LOE mag I saw an ad for a Van Aaken "SmartBox" to increase HP and torque. Any thoughts? Potential problems? Difficult to install?   Patrick Hartigan (Patrick) Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 96 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 09:05 pm:    What about Compressed Natural Gas? or Propane? East Coast Rover said that the cost of the install would never compensate for the difference in fuel economy. But otherwise they kick ass.   Yaroslav (Andr6761) New Member Username: Andr6761 Post Number: 30 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:14 pm:    well from what i know is that the diesel mod will run you about $15k...in my opinion easier to find a diesel in europe and ship it to Canada and drive into US...or thats my eventual plan...   Will Roeder (Will_roeder) Senior Member Username: Will_roeder Post Number: 511 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 09:56 am:    Matt already has a diesel from ECR.he is asking about upgrading his current diesel motor   Germ�n R. Grüner (Germ�n) New Member Username: Germ�n Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 12:29 pm:    The TDI 300 engine has no "electonic box" to upgrade in the manual 5 speed gearbox version. Automatic version has more HP and electronic control. I�dont know if there is a upgrading possible. For normal TDI�s it�s possible to modify some adjustments in the injection pump, change from intercooler, etc., to have more HP. Some German users have experience in this. Greetings