Because BUILD THREAD!

[baun]

As of 4/11/13

Motor/Trans
42 Draft Design 2 1/2" exhaust, no cat or res.
OBX header, wrapped in DEI Ti heat wrap
MSD coil packs
Taylor 8mm plug wires
42 Draft Design stealth catch can
Moroso expansion tank
VF mounts
PowerFlex done bone bushing
42 Draft Designs oil pressure sensor adapater
42 Draft Design end link bushings
Integrated Engineering shifter cable mount bushings
B&M short throw (CAE motorsport shifter on order)
Wire tuck
A/C, EVAP, heater core, washer deleted
PS res. relocated
Custom filter on a stick
Optima red top (in trunk)
Porsche oil cap



Chassis/ Brakes
Vmaxx coils (Soon to be ST's or KW's)
Poly rear perches
R32/ Poly control arm bushings
PowerFlex upper strut bushings
Mason Tech Great Plates
13" Wilwood/ RPI BB kit w/stainless lines
VMR 710's 18x8.5
215/40/18 Nitto NeoGen's
25mm/30mm adapters
Dieselgeek Panzer skid plate w/Full Metal Jacket


Exterior
20th front valence
20th skirts
20th tails
Badgeless grill
Fenders rolled & pulled
Hatch, hood notch, side markers, antenna & rub strips shaved
Rear wiper delete
Aerocatch hood pins
Lamin-X headlight film
Io-port tow strap
Rattle bombed matte black


Interior
OMP steering wheel w/Sparco hub
Kirkey light weight seats (11lbs)
Sparco seat bases
Io-port seat back brace
Crow 5 point harnesses
Autopower roll bar
Euro switch
Jetta vents
Custom dash bezel
Stewart Warner gauges (oil temp, oil psi, volt) w/ 42 Draft Design color match LED's
Hella battery cut off switch
Flocked dash
Carpet, headliner, rear seats, rear inner door panels/mech, lower driver dash, and glove box removed


In the works
CAE motorsports shifter (on order for the past 5 months)
Tune
New coils
20th rear brakes
R32 front bumper w/Cupra lip
Supercharger (distant future)




10/9/11
Started on phase 1 of the build today. Trying to learn from my mistakes and take my time for once. Originally the plan was to do a build the TDI up but after a lot of research I found it will never reach the numbers I want. To even get 200hp out of an ALH I'd have to spend ALOT of money. I realize the torque would be well above that but after my little mishap at H2O this year I recon its time for a a big change. The TDI is out VR going in. I'll being doing bits here and there through out the winter. Still doing my research on what I'll be doing to the VR. Gotta do some brain storming with the guys over at HS Tuning. Plenty of non motor stuff happening too.
Wish me luck.

Day 1








Tomorrow planning on pulling the dash and removing the harness.

[UAlvarez]

Do work!

[Benstanczik]

watching

[MKIII_96]

a fully built TDI billowing big black clouds of smoke is so cool and something you dont see everyday tho

vr6 are cool too. nice choice of beer

[furr]

Will be watching

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[sammichmanjr]

[.skully.]

[nattyice]

Watching as well!

[Mk4SR]

Subscribed!

[wagner17]

You should of kept the tdi.

[mk4boost]

a fully built TDI billowing big black clouds of smoke is so cool and something you dont see everyday tho

vr6 are cool too. nice choice of beer

but good luck man! love watching your threads, always doing good work

[eastcoaststeeze]

i like the TDI idea

[fouckhest]

a fully built TDI billowing big black clouds of smoke is so cool and something you dont see everyday tho

a fully built TDI blowing black smoke = YOUR DOING IT WRONG!!!

....smoke = lost power....

OP is correct, a built TDI is wicked expensive.....there are a few builds going on right now that will be breaking the 300hp barrier w/o n2o....but they are few and far between.....its much easier to take a VR, throw a headgasket spacer in, a big turbo on and make 400hp....

[AngusBeef]

VRT

[Vuck Folkswagen]

Hahahahahaha

[stay blazed]

because racecar

[CPW12]

definitely in for this

[Ewinkdub04]

deff watching

[VW LVR]

built TDI's are sweet

[tehlub]

this will be fun.

[steu2011]

Watching you

[Frank-i-e]

Coming over to steal the mounts. Thanks!

[baun]

Taking a break from pulling the harness. Never realized how many wires are actually in these cars.

[fouckhest]

Taking a break from pulling the harness. Never realized how many wires are actually in these cars.

you should only really need to pull the harness from the bay...just unclip the colored plugs from the drivers side access panel that connect the engine harness to the body harness....then the other side of the engine harness should just come out of the bay only....really shouldnt take too long

p.s. - just read that you were planning on pulling the dash...you really should not need to do that for a swap....unless you planning on going crazy and tucking wires and such while your in there....and actually unless your shaving the rain tray there is still not much use in pulling the dash

[Twilliams83]

[T-Mar]

[KCISRViTG10]

Watching, Good luck man...

[palto123]

[tar]

looks good.
you went with a 12v correct?

[pdxbora]

watching this!

[UppityKev]

[iTz JERSEY]

[Mk4WiLk01]

nice sig


in for this as well

[aces21]

wish you would of built the tdi, but im still subscribing

edit: btw im curious to know... how many Kms were on ur 1.9? and what are you planning on doing with it?

[baun]

you should only really need to pull the harness from the bay...just unclip the colored plugs from the drivers side access panel that connect the engine harness to the body harness....then the other side of the engine harness should just come out of the bay only....really shouldnt take too long

p.s. - just read that you were planning on pulling the dash...you really should not need to do that for a swap....unless you planning on going crazy and tucking wires and such while your in there....and actually unless your shaving the rain tray there is still not much use in pulling the dash

I figured I had to do the whole harness motor/ body since I was switching for tdi to vr6. Didnt think it was plug and play since I have to switch the cluster and what not. If not I just wasted 5 hrs.