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Do it. Put some bigger tires on it to help with gearing.

Cool old car. Great donor for a diesel vanagon but would also be cool to tinker on and drive.

Luk 17-050 holds up great even to moderate tunes.

You can use the alh valve in the 1Z/AHU

Valvoline SM most definitely meets VW spec. I don't see why any other brand of SM wouldn't either.

Yeah, well. Jeep uses it too and calls it an AW4. Same trans, just modified enough to fit whatever engine t case combo the manufacturer specs.

I don't but lots of youtube videos covering the procedure.

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Look to be the same pistons as BHW https://www.shopbhp.com/en-us/products/vw-audi-seat-skoda-2-0-tdi-a3-a4-golf-v-bmm-bhw-bpw-std-bore-mahle-pistons-x4

Anyone have an up to date code?

Yeah, the BHW/AFN manifold is ideal for a tacoma or any longitudinal swap. It's what i'm using on my first gen, awesome starter clearance and frees up space below. Check out XMan for some performance BHW turbo options. Also the taco compressor fits the vw longitudinal AC bracket with a simple...

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I like and appreciate M-tdi, and my first vanagon was a 1Z with a rover pump. Gobs of power and easy to setup. However, my current van is a full E tdi AHU runing ALH operating system with gtb1749vc vnt turbo. I would NEVER go back to a mechanical setup. Quick starts, low smoke, better fuel...

Or Carrington level event*