nitec
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Folks,
this has been a long time coming...The W8 base belonged to a long time TDiclub member - Fitzski...I've been on his case to sell me his W8 4Mo 6spd wagon for at least 3 years before he finally crumbled under the pressure. It then took me 2+ years of sorting out other projects before I found a suitable donor...long story short we started this project today and I`m really excited about it
The plan is fairly straight forward - complete BHW swap out of a B5.5 using all stock setup swapped into the B5.5 Wagon using the OEM O1E manual transmission - that's it. I'll build this for my mom or to sell so no Holset madness on this project
I've noticed there really isn't a good W8->TDi thread so hopefully this will help document the process a little better...
on with the pictures:
Here's the W8
Here's the extremely clean donor (short of a leaking valve cover gasket)
intercooler bracket needs to be moved over
this is where we stopped today
only things left to do before we pull it all out tomorrow are disconnect the driveshafts and the transmission shifter
this has been a long time coming...The W8 base belonged to a long time TDiclub member - Fitzski...I've been on his case to sell me his W8 4Mo 6spd wagon for at least 3 years before he finally crumbled under the pressure. It then took me 2+ years of sorting out other projects before I found a suitable donor...long story short we started this project today and I`m really excited about it
The plan is fairly straight forward - complete BHW swap out of a B5.5 using all stock setup swapped into the B5.5 Wagon using the OEM O1E manual transmission - that's it. I'll build this for my mom or to sell so no Holset madness on this project
I've noticed there really isn't a good W8->TDi thread so hopefully this will help document the process a little better...
on with the pictures:
Here's the W8
Here's the extremely clean donor (short of a leaking valve cover gasket)
intercooler bracket needs to be moved over
this is where we stopped today
only things left to do before we pull it all out tomorrow are disconnect the driveshafts and the transmission shifter