MEGASQUIRT IN JAMAICA........my family car turned project

[justvwpower]

i got an offer of a tranny swap ...what a job to get out the ecu loom INTACT i wound up pulling down the whole car





all that to take this out

[justvwpower]

nice spot for it.
but i want to keep my cruise control

i saw a MS thread here on vortex after i put in my MS box ....i thought of it but was skeptical....this dude puts his in the stock ecu spot but in a rubber enclosure .... that where i want to put mine but cudnt think of how to waterproof it .....any way whats done is done

[ellocolindo]

great man. you solved the all in one serpentine belt set-up for the 16v.
what cranck pulley or harmonic balancer did you use?
how do i order the serpentine belt?
do you have a car or engine model that uses it.?
did you get the pictures of the fog light set-up?
interetsed in trading some headlight washer nozzles fr the pulley fo rthe power steering pump?

[justvwpower]

great man. you solved the all in one serpentine belt set-up for the 16v.
what cranck pulley or harmonic balancer did you use?
how do i order the serpentine belt?
do you have a car or engine model that uses it.?
did you get the pictures of the fog light set-up?
interetsed in trading some headlight washer nozzles fr the pulley fo rthe power steering pump?

the serp set up is from the mk3 golf i jus fabbed the w/p & the p/s to fit
the serp belt is s'pose to be available from ur local parts house i dont know which car uses it ...i just pulled a string around the setup crimped it and sent it off saying that this is the length i want (thts JMA for u ) jus quote this code 5PK-1575 i.e the belt code its universal
nope i didnt recieved the foglite setup....not in junk mail either
heres the address rad_vw@yahoo.com
i have been trying to find another suitable pully.... but i mite strike oil 1st theres this guy that can build them for u .... his name is Issam N. Abed
here's his address AIM:issamabed
MSN:issam_abed@hotmail.com Yahoo: inaengineering@yahoo.com
Skype: issam_abed
and his thread ....http://http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3490925-***-Serpentine-Belt-Coversion-KITS-ABF-Adjustable-Alternator-Solutions-***
this thread was my inspiration ....but he will be better able to make them as i am trying to find another of those pulleys .....gimme till next week if not give him a call

[ellocolindo]

so by using the mk3 serpentine belt set-up; did you mill down the pulley because it is free or very easy for you to have acces to a machine shop?
because i do not have that luxury and want to see if there is a dircet drop in for the harmonic dampener .

[justvwpower]

!!!!!!NO!!!!! nothing was milled...... evry thing is bolted on as it comes from the MK3 golf.....the only mod i did was to the bracket the last hole to the top of the bracket (where it goes over the w/p i had to make a bracket ,put a bolt & nut thru the hole and turn it towards the original anternator bracket piece that bolt onto the front of the block also this is what it looks like

see the bolt ??? thats the bracket i made cuz the 9a block does not have that extra bolt hole as the ABA blocks ...thats the ONLY mod evry thing else is as it comes off the mk3 ...o btw i left off the small V-belt pulley(dont need it....bump)

[justvwpower]

soon be back .... have to do some work/earn $$$$ to support my fetish

[justvwpower]

more to come....

[justvwpower]

well in between jobs i have been busy on my car.....i swapped the tranny & got 2 gearboxes and 3 shifterboxes 2 are junk tho but can be made into parts...this is what i have been up to



the darn passat flywneel is so heavy @25lbs


i also got the g60 flywheel assembly definately be using that @14lbs



corrado g6o shifter box

passat shifterboxes.....i understand that the corrado shifter has the shortest shifter than other cable shift vw's ...can anyone back this up ???

[justvwpower]

b4 i go any further ..... i'm gonna wire up the megasquirt & start the engine 1st..... !!!!!STAY TUNED!!!!

[AWSALK3]

i understand that the corrado shifter has the shortest shifter than other cable shift vw's ...can anyone back this up ???

This is how mine sat in a MK2

[justvwpower]

that looks gud ..... wanna make mine look like that

[justvwpower]

this is it the megasquirt's final resting place


i'm not gonna move it again

[justvwpower]

i have started rerouting the wirings and cleaning up the engine bay .....proving very tedious

[ellocolindo]

i was thinking o fthe same location. if vw thought that to be a safe place for many years; why not?

[justvwpower]

ahm if u dismantle a vw ECU its some what "moisture proof" but i have found a "spray " that is for marine applications ...... dude sprayed it on the internals of a TV and literally put it in a fish tank while playing ....gonna put in on my MS

[justvwpower]

i have started wiring up the mega squirt ..... but i got sidetracked .... a friend of mine came to the garage a week ago with his 92 peugeot for me to service and i realized a big problem with volkswagen from that era ..... the wiring from factory is nasty .... in the peugeot u cud hardly find a wire loom any where ... only wir prominent was the spark plug wires......so i have decided to neat up mi wires pix will follow soon .... i have reach far but i have a tropical storm to deal with .....
I'LL BE BACK .......

[justvwpower]

well the storm missed us .... and i am wiring the car .....having a bit of trouble with the A/C wiring but coming along nicely ....looking for a relay box to put in the engine bay for the headlites and fans with expansion capabilities .....painless 2 expensive plus i do not need any fuses any ideas anybody ????
pix will soon follow

[justvwpower]

i have been busy trying to earn some food ... now tha i have a li'l slack period time to work on the car ..... i have been rewiring the car..... cuz vw makes a messy wiring job .....its coming along quite slow but sure ..... i have turned my attention to the injector area these are the stock injector cups ....now i realize ppl go out of their way to find /get g60 injector cups but that is not necessary i have used back the stock cups w/ a li'l modification plus they resist heat much better than the plastic cups
this is b4


this is after


now iwill commece building the fuel rail and i'm gonna be using digifant injectors...
back to the wiring ...need to build a relabox for the engine bay as i'll be putting the battery in the cargo area

[justvwpower]

i realize the the CIS-E motronic does not come with a '109' relay so i had to install 1 myself to power up the megasquirt so i used a standard relay socket and made the loom .....here are some pix


i installed my own clamping diode ....so i can use any relay for the ECU & i'm also powering the injectors from this relay (i think).... i haven't decided as yet as there are alot of circuits in the fusebox that can do this ....just need to find out how much amps a set (4) of injectors draw
the diode

[justvwpower]

sorry for the pic quality .... the camera has its days ....& yes its from china

[justvwpower]

the rewiring is coming along fine .... i made my injector rail yesterday and installed it ........looks real neat and ran the plug wires as well ....



and honorary mention .... my son the upcoming vdubber ...cannot get him to keep out of my cars


heres the MS so far

stay tuned .... doing a li'l rerouting in the fuse box planning on putting the battery in the cargo area and installing a relay block in the engine bay .....STAY TUNED

[justvwpower]

i have made the fuel injector harness ....the tps harness and the coolant temp harness ....inspesting the pinouts for the tps i found the tps to b DEAD ....as a roadkill....what am i to do.........pic will follow soon ....where am i gonna get a tps ....and wht can substitute ????

[justvwpower]

it seems like not much is done but a lot of ground has been covered





all need to wire in now is 2 knocksensor.......a 4 wire oxygensensor (for now).....a IAT & the TPS gonna try the mk3 TPS & see if it can work ..not expecting a direct bolt up so i'm prepared

[ellocolindo]

i have a passat 16v auto TB with tps for you.

[justvwpower]

wiring coming along nicely the connector i installed is looking mighty fine ....ran out of heat shrink tubing & the darn soldering iron burn out ...been running it day & nite guess it can't take the work plus its made in china ....gona buy more heat shrink & a nu iron 2morrow


jus need to sort out the TPS connexion & the IAT & the hall p/up
...... trying to rake in funds 4 the tb w/tps .... !!!!our $$$ has no valu .....$90JA of our $ buys $1 US....

[justvwpower]

i'm almost finished wiring in the megasquirt .....but i have 1 question ... the wire loom i'm using has the grounds from the hall sensor on the sensor grounds ..... and i have connected the IAT , TPS ,O2 ,CTS grounds the this as well and also the mega squirt ......(pin 19) so do i connect the tach -ve to this also can the megasquirt still run properly..... whn u look in2 it all grounds are grounds....but i need a 2nd opinion .....HELP PLZ
more pix to come ....jus that i work in the day to make $$$ & @ nites on my project .....

[justvwpower]

wiring is done jus to neat up the engine bay ..... this is the hardest part .....

[justvwpower]

kinda took time off .....till the cold blows over ...its 15*c here @ nights ....for a warm blooded person like me that's !!!!COLD!!!!
BTW my xmas presents 2 for the price of 1 ..... i so happy


oh no a next project.......!!!!!!

[justvwpower]

1 is RHD GTI the other is a LHD GTI ......i'm keeping the RHD ....which is 16v the other is a 8v ....both 1.8ltr.....

[justvwpower]

BIG BRAKES for my girl....errr... grille

By darks_aint at 2011-01-03

By darks_aint at 2011-01-03

By darks_aint at 2011-01-03
gonna be interesting

[justvwpower]

i have been doing a lot of jobs ,,,,its after x mas & ppl car need to be worked on ...but i'll be on my projects real soon ...i'll be recieving new parts next week ...so stay tuned ......

[justvwpower]

i got s new TPS & IAT.....i realize the mk4 parts are cheaper than mk3 parts ....hmmm i wonder y ...so i have bought mk4 parts ...for the passat ...now to machine the shaft to take this new TPS
PIX WILL FOLLOW SOON ....

[g60manny]

jamaica

[justvwpower]

here is the mk4 TPS...from a vr6 & a 18t IAT

i have started the "machining of the throttle body to take the TPS .....i 4got to snap the before pic but the shaft was 1.25" long & half moon
this is now ...i have to be doing it trial & fit


gonna be removing the intake manifold the bore the hole for the IAT .....