Figured i'd start a thread on this project. I got inspired from the other TDI swapped audis that have been around on the internet. Oilme has claimed his car was averaging over 45mpg, and that was the last thing I needed to justify the practicality of this swap.
I have been daily driving a mk2 1.6td and love the MPG, but I miss quattro so badly, especially in the winter.
The plan is to swap an AHU tdi into a 1990 90q 20v.
The basic plan is this
-stock 01a and driveline (*update, have 4.11 final drive TDI 01e from a euro b5 quattro TDI*)
-clutchnet stage 3 full face clutch (in case i get the bug for a bigger turbo and mega torque (*update, clutchnet blows donkey balls, and never sent me the clutch. Had to backcharge them through my bank to get my money back. Went with a spec stage 2+ 228mm clutch for a 2.0 fwd 80.*)
-stock ahu engine and turbo, bigger injectors and tune (running full tdi harness and ecu)
-front mount radiator and intercooler
-2.0 80 fwd flywheel
-rebuild both subframes and fix whatever other things i find on the chassis
-use all tdi accessories, adapt power steering lines to use 90 rack and tdi PS pump
-vacuum brake conversion
Going to be a bit of a slow-progress project, hoping to have it running in the car by next summer. The engine ran veggie oil, so i will be pulling the head and one piston and see if its fubared inside. Then I may need to rebuild depending on what I find.
here is the doner running, runs well, starts easy, that tiny little turbo sounds cool.
got the doner engine out last night, cleaned it up a bit.
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pretty cool quattro script cloth
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I have been daily driving a mk2 1.6td and love the MPG, but I miss quattro so badly, especially in the winter.
The plan is to swap an AHU tdi into a 1990 90q 20v.
The basic plan is this
-stock 01a and driveline (*update, have 4.11 final drive TDI 01e from a euro b5 quattro TDI*)
-clutchnet stage 3 full face clutch (in case i get the bug for a bigger turbo and mega torque (*update, clutchnet blows donkey balls, and never sent me the clutch. Had to backcharge them through my bank to get my money back. Went with a spec stage 2+ 228mm clutch for a 2.0 fwd 80.*)
-stock ahu engine and turbo, bigger injectors and tune (running full tdi harness and ecu)
-front mount radiator and intercooler
-2.0 80 fwd flywheel
-rebuild both subframes and fix whatever other things i find on the chassis
-use all tdi accessories, adapt power steering lines to use 90 rack and tdi PS pump
-vacuum brake conversion
Going to be a bit of a slow-progress project, hoping to have it running in the car by next summer. The engine ran veggie oil, so i will be pulling the head and one piston and see if its fubared inside. Then I may need to rebuild depending on what I find.
here is the doner running, runs well, starts easy, that tiny little turbo sounds cool.
got the doner engine out last night, cleaned it up a bit.
pretty cool quattro script cloth
