You don't have to be a ball bag about being wrong. However I do accept your apology, thank-you.
I did nothing of contradiction, running perfectly and making power are not the same thing.
It is going to be wheeler, a bog machine, a rock crawler what ever you want to call it. Does he need top end? No.
"I'm sure you could get the engine to idle using a 1.9TD (AAZ) pump, but actually drive it? I doubt it."
That was your own wording, which I disagree with and think is a false statement. Have you put a IDI pump on a TDI engine? If not, don't talk. I have done it, I have driven one that I even towed with, A little far from just idling.
The reason to even consider a sacrifice and run TDI with an IDI would still be a much more stable engine than the 1.6 and 1.9 IDI.
"People going this route shouldn't expect full performance from an IDI pump on a DI engine."
Much better wording Chief