TDI Engine in a Ford Ranger?

I was looking around at cars over the weekend and noticed the Ford Ranger
and Jetta Wagon TDI are about the same weight and have roughly the same
hood size... I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to put a TDI engine
in a Ranger. I know people have been doing it with some Jeeps and I've
heard about a TDI being put in an Astro Van. Anyone tried it? Sounds
like a pretty good idea to me, to get a vehicle bigger than the current
diesel fair, but not with a huge, overpowered engine.

Any ideas, comments?

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matthew w. russell
http://amphibio.us

Steve Grauman > wrote:
> If the Jetta Wagon really is about the same weight as a compact pickup than
> it's way more overweight than I thought. My GTI is about 2,900 punds and that
> seems heavy to me, for such a small car.

According to autos.yahoo.com the Jetta GLS TDI with an automatic
transmission is 3212, and according to carsdirect.com the Ranger is
3028... now, I could be reading something wrong, I don't know nearly as
much about cars as I know about computers.

http://www.carsdirect.com/research/f...ndard/features
http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/volks...ecs.html?p=all

--
matthew w. russell
http://amphibio.us

Steve Grauman > wrote:
> If the Jetta Wagon really is about the same weight as a compact pickup than
> it's way more overweight than I thought. My GTI is about 2,900 punds and that
> seems heavy to me, for such a small car.

According to autos.yahoo.com the Jetta GLS TDI with an automatic
transmission is 3212, and according to carsdirect.com the Ranger is
3028... now, I could be reading something wrong, I don't know nearly as
much about cars as I know about computers.

http://www.carsdirect.com/research/f...ndard/features
http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/volks...ecs.html?p=all

--
matthew w. russell
http://amphibio.us

"Steve Grauman" > wrote in message
...
> >Jetta GLS TDI with an automatic
>>transmission is 3212, and according to carsdirect.com the Ranger is
>>3028...
>
> My god....
> Steve Grauman

yeah but in a crash I'd rather be in a jetta than a ranger.

"Steve Grauman" > wrote in message
...
> >Jetta GLS TDI with an automatic
>>transmission is 3212, and according to carsdirect.com the Ranger is
>>3028...
>
> My god....
> Steve Grauman

yeah but in a crash I'd rather be in a jetta than a ranger.