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VW engine options curtainsider
and a 2.1 litre fuel-injected petrol tions for the one-tonne payload With just 37kW (50hp) the existing naturally-aspirated 1.6 litre diesel is generally thought to be under powered for many Transporter users.
The addition of a new KKK turbocharger increases the power to 51 kW (70hp), although this is developed at 4,500rpm instead of 4,200rpm.
Other detail changes include a modified cooling system, new piston rings and a larger sump capacity.
During a brief assessment at the European launch last week in Austria, the turbocharged Transporter felt surprisingly lively for a 1.6 litre diesel-engined 2.4 tonne gvw van, with the benefit of the turbocharging coming in very smoothly and at low revs.
Torque is up from 103Nm (76 lbft) at 2,000rpm to 138Nm (102 lbft) at 2,500rpm. Models with the turbocharged diesel are due to arrive in the UK around May and the turbocharged 1.6 litre option will cost £410 more than the naturally-aspirated diesel version, which will continue to be available.
The new 2.1 litre fuel-injected petrol engine replaces the current 1.9 litre fuel-injected engine.
It is the same four-cylinder "boxer" water-cooled unit but its stroke has been lengthened to increase the capacity and the compression ratio has been raised from 8.6 to 10.5:1.
This has raised the power from 66kW (90hp) at 4,600rpm to 82kW (112hp) at 4,800rpm. Similarly, torque is increased from 147Nm (108 lbft) at 3,000rpm to 174Nm (128 lbft) at 2,80Orpm.
Transporters with the 2.1 litre petrol-injection engine will go on sale in the UK in September and the first models to be fitted with the engine will be the Transporter-based Caravelle minibus.
Prices have not yet been announced. The carburettorequipped 1.9 litre petrol engine (in 60 or 78hp versions) will still be offered. BY BUILDING a secondary decking system into two of an order for seven Task curtainsiders, Craven Tasker has helped Ex-Import Transport (GB) Cardiff achieve a greater carrying capacity for low-volume, lowdensity electronic products.
The two semi-trailers each have four separate floor sections which swivel at a midheight position between three fixed centre posts and the front and rear bulkheads.
Each deck has a 21mm (0.8in) plywood floor on a channelled steel frame and four corner legs which fold down and locate at the floor with shootbolts.
With a load capacity of approximately three tonnes per section, 12 tonnes can be carried on the four-deck configuration used with a 12m semitrailer.
When not required, the extra floors can be stowed in the vertical position, with the corner legs folded in longitudinally and secured also by shootbolts to the vertical roof support posts. Safety chains fitted to each section prevent inadvertant overcentre swivelling before the legs are properly secured to the floor.
The additional structure adds about 800kg (16cwt) to a maximum length semi-trailer.