TDI in a cabby

[Lars]

Re: TDI in a cabby

Do it. there was an article in Eurotuner that a guy swapped a TDI into a Corrado that was pretty neat.

[dJ]

Re: TDI in a cabby

Everybody does the gasser swaps. Be unique and do the tdi one Brent.

[Geobmx4life]

Re: TDI in a cabby

TDI in a Cabby is effen awesome. Power to weight with some mods...would be SICK!!!

[Benjamin]

Re: TDI in a cabby

Talk to me about the engine hoist and stand, well currently I haven't had them at my place for probably 6-8 months. Somebody keeps pulling engines on cars, cough, cough, cough.
The biggest pain is the engine mounts and wiring for the swap. I have looked into this for my 92 Gti, but time and space has held me back.
Easiest thing to do, find an MK3 TDi tranny, and get a mechanical pump. With those two, you can almost eliminate the entire TDi harness except a manual glow plug switch.
In terms of smoke its simple, more fuel=more air. So if you want injectors, just put a bigger turbo to compensate the extra fuel. Just tell the wife its needed for the swap, sounds about right.....

[cam_wmh]

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Yours has a 16V already? sweet. Did you pick up that clipper kit?

Yep 16V GTi engine. woot.
Clipper kit? Lol, im the middle of the South Pacific,.. so no.

Maybe in a couple weeks.

[Klobi-One-Kinobi]

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Do it! There is a sweet Caddy done, not sure if he is on here. MrDave on Airriders, putting down 150hp to the wheels he said.

Pretty sure I got a ride in that truck a few years back, unique and lotso fun fo' sure.

[QUOTE=Stonewall;218626]So far I have been unable to find a 1.8T parts car for a reasonable cost. If I was to go 1.8T I would want it to be a AWP (2002+) so I can go drive by wire etc and it seems to be the one with the least amount of parts hunting to get it to work.
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Haven't really looked into it but aren't the older drive by cable 1.8t's make for easier swaps? For the trouble of a 20v swap its almost easier to do a 16vt setup and they can make huge power as well. I say do a gasser swap of some sort but hey tdi cabby would be damn sweet too.

[Stonewall]

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I have talked to a couple people with diesels in cabbys (or cabrios) and they have said they have had no problems with smoke so that is what I may end up doing in the end. Or I may end up doing nothing lol.