ranton Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Discussion thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Thats the engine conversion i would love to do into my mk2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M M Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 This thing better have a side pipe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Nice. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses. Choice engine, um, choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchfromhillcrest Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Dream build of mine! so damn sexy Did you just have a 1.9tdi lieing about? What are you doing with the old parts/injection ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranton Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Dream build of mine! so damn sexy Did you just have a 1.9tdi lieing about? What are you doing with the old parts/injection ? Old engine is sold, old engine was just a 1.6 non turbo (bit of a snail) I bought a low milage Generation 4 Golf with a 1.9t PD engine in it. its only 100hp but will computer tune to 150, if i did a turbo and injectors it would easily make upward of 250, some and with more tickling 400hp. but will stick to 150 for now. Thats the engine conversion i would love to do into my mk2 My mate has a 1.9 with a VNT turbo. and gearbox for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchfromhillcrest Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ahhh good stuff! The old diesel 1.6 is certainly no speed demon. Damn those 1.9 tdis must be hugel tunable! Is that mikes set up for sale? Also on your firewall youve drilled the holes for the clutch master cylinder, what one are you using? Currently doing a freinds 1.8t swap and doing the same thing. Hes using a mk3 clutch pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranton Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ahhh good stuff! The old diesel 1.6 is certainly no speed demon. Damn those 1.9 tdis must be hugel tunable! Is that mikes set up for sale? Also on your firewall youve drilled the holes for the clutch master cylinder, what one are you using? Currently doing a freinds 1.8t swap and doing the same thing. Hes using a mk3 clutch pedal Mike will sell his for the right price.. his motor is ridiculously low KM thou also. like legitimately the car he pulled it out of only had 38,000km from experience the MK3 pedal wont work all that well without a whole lot of fucking around. cutting and welding I have a Corrado/Passat Pedal box. But I will look at making a simple custom setup as the Corrado pedal box is getting rarer/ and way to fucking expensive for a shitty 20 year old part. a MK4 Clutch pedal might be a go as it is a Standalone unit, the other setup that is good is the cable conversion hinge for the late gearboxes.. that way you can stick to the factory pedal box. but only real issue is that is pricey as f*ck also. I have a whole lot of fucking around ahead to make custom engine mounting brackets. its not hard but just a fuck around to get 100% right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchfromhillcrest Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Yea i read it was crazy low kms. Corrado/passat boxes arent really easy to find/cheap and the guy wants it done yesterday lol I have just looked at the pedal we have and its a mk4 Yea ive looked for alternative ways but nothing comes up, cause overseas corrado/passat boxes arent that hard to come by. Ahh didnt realise those motors needed different engine mounts?! Good luck! I know how much of a pain that can be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Had no idea those diesel golfs could go so well..that's crazy talk. When you say 50hp gain from a computer tune...what's that involve? And is it reliable power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Its just a matter of flashing on the retuned file onto the ECU. This can be done over the diagnostic port. I haven't run mine on the dyno yet but it will leave a vr6 behind. I just have a retuned ECU and 2.5" straight pipe exhaust. The only reliability issue is the clutch and front tyres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Man that's awesome. Sorry to clog up your thread..last question. How do you generate this retuned file? Do you figure it out yourself ust using egt ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 You can tune your own ECU like a stand alone, there are quite a lot of maps to change, I cheated and download a tuned file 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Took a bit to dredge this thread back from the brink! Love the new color, and a very cool project in general. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranton Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Took a bit to dredge this thread back from the brink! Love the new color, and a very cool project in general. Cheers mate. goes pretty well pretty happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Any footage of it hooning? I imagine it goes pretty well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Am I missing something here? I don't know vw's that well, but it seems a strange thing to do to put an ecm in a place called a rain tray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranton Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Any footage of it hooning? I imagine it goes pretty well? I'm hoping to get it to a track day or drag day soon. other wise will try too get some "filmed on a private road" action pretty soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranton Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Am I missing something here? I don't know vw's that well, but it seems a strange thing to do to put an ecm in a place called a rain tray standard place to put the ECU on a VW. these units are water sealed quite heavily from factory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB8-TypeR Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 This is soo sweet, will be able to give a fair few unsuspecting drivers a fright at the lights. Hear the diesel clatter then boom its gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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