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Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? (www.wired.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh yea it's a straight pipe diesel ain't anything good for the environment gonna put a slightly more modern engine in it at some point for some more power the 1.6l in it currently only makes like 50 horse so when I do that it'll be a little better but still not great

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Well there are a bunch of reliable late 90s and early 2000s German engines that would make that thing ridiculously fast compared to now, pollute less, burn less fuel, and would be pretty easy to maintain.

Long as you avoid all the ones with known pitfalls and research standalone ECU options first of course.

I'm partial to Mercedes engineering myself, I'd tell you to use an OM646. But there's nothing wrong with an M47 or a VW 1.9 tdi either. The PD version of the tdi is slightly more complex than the oldschool versions (66 and 81 kW), but would get you ridiculous performance and fuel economy considering how little your car weighs.

Of course if you had more space in there, I'd suggest an OM648 or M57, but I don't think you'd get an inline 6 to fit. MAYBE an OM647 since it's an inline 5?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

You can get a inline 5 in it cause I know you can fit a o7k or a vr6 lol. my plan was to swap it to a TDI I actually have an 01 TDI sitting here for it just don't have the money currently to finish it but once i do, this TDI is actually supped up some pushing 20+ psi of boost not the I will probably run that much since I plan to daily it but it can