1974 1.8 Turbo conversion, Donor vechicle |
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1974 1.8 Turbo conversion, Donor vechicle |
pgollender |
May 5 2019, 09:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Sacramento Member No.: 13,281 Region Association: Northern California |
Finally beginning the 1974 1.8 T conversion. Bought the donor car over 1 year ago and began stripping it out last week. The goal is to modernize the cockpit and cabin a bit to enjoy things like Cruise control and A/C and intermittent wipers and boast power a <bit>with a KO4 turbo. The donor car was a 1999 Passat 1.8T longitudinal 5 speed.
I was inspired by both Mike Bellis and Andrew Dallens conversions. I don’t have big aspirations for enormous HP gains. I’ll be satisfied at 165-175Hp. I plan on using the original Passat gearbox and custom fab the axles and cable shifters. Ideally I’d like to design the cooling system and intercooler to stay in the original engine bay, but we shall see. Attached thumbnail(s) |
pgollender |
May 5 2019, 09:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Sacramento Member No.: 13,281 Region Association: Northern California |
Passat wiring harness, 100% intact. Bitch to remove. Many unneeded connections, but at least I can pick and choose. Instrumentation panel will be Passat.
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get off my lawn |
May 6 2019, 03:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 18-August 11 From: west coast Member No.: 13,462 Region Association: None |
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pgollender |
May 6 2019, 08:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Sacramento Member No.: 13,281 Region Association: Northern California |
That looks like a bad ] [/quote] acid trip. A really bad one. [/quote] Only worse acid trip is one in which you haplessly cut all the wires to make the job "easier". |
Chris H. |
May 7 2019, 01:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,043 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Double Post!
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