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To me diesels are about the amazing torque, and fuel economy of course...here in the UK, diesel is $8.09/US gal. and gas is $7.74/US gal.!! So unless you're rich you'd be keeping the derv!

If only the VR6 were a better engine with more potential. I'd go 1.8T. Lots of power available.

VR6 with turbo and lifted head = easy 350whp.

1.8t's are kinda notorious for knocking. and I'm tired of the 4 cylinder scene. I would argue the "amazing torque" at this point too. 278 ft-lbs isn't that impressive. Which reminds me it's finally warm / dry enough to go do some runs. I need to update your thread Jon with my logs for 1, 4, and 11

and on that bombshell:


http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=3637521#post3637521

Keebler145 said:

I would argue the "amazing torque" at this point too. 278 ft-lbs isn't that impressive.

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Well I'm guessing you guys in the US don't have older Quattro TDIs to mod, as that would push up your power/torque.

Random, quite potentially a dumb question too, does anyone know if the Peloquin LSD is different between our tdi o2j and the vr6 o2j? I'm sure we all see where this is headed *smirks*

I think the only difference is year, I think 2004.....or how about you sell it to me

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I believe there are a few different incarnations of differentials in the 02J based on year of production, however they wouldn't be different between TDI and VR6.

Some time in 2004 vw changed the ring gear size on the diff,map the peloquin changed too.

But if you're serious about the vr swap, why not just put the tdi back to stock, sell it (in the spring when gas starts to rise in price again), sell the vr swap to someone, then use all that money to go buy a decent vr and most likely have money leftover.

But if you swap...I'd keep in touch with this guy: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5457500-Because-BUILD-THREAD!

He sucked up water at h20i. Now he's in the middle of the swap and he's local (cleveland).

scrapen said:

I think the only difference is year, I think 2004.....or how about you sell it to me

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Haha no way am I selling it unless you pay me 1,600 for the transmission, I might part with it then....


been watching the guys thread.... it's basically what I'll end up doing.

Edit: To answer your question about selling everything and starting over.

I enjoy the challenge if I bought a prebuilt VR yeah ok fine I hav emoney left over but I'm a bit of a car enthusiast/mechanic gear head at heart and I enjoy doing this. I found a VR car for a steal of a price and it has EVERYTHING mechanical and electronic still in it. It is going to be cheaper / easier for me to just swap the drive train and wiring than to buy a VR (plus I get to keep my car, I have an unhealthy attachment to my car).

Keebler145 said:

So after all of this. I've come across a possible new path.

I have vr6 motor, trans, harness, ECU, and cluster at my disposal.

I'm seriously contemplating just swapping out and going with a s/c or t/c VR6 and stop wasting my time with this Diesel motor.

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Or, you could just go with an SRT-6 Crossfire and be done with it. Hand built AMG engine and hand assembled body. The price is so right, too.

Do a search... :>)

If your primary goal is to go fast...

http://www.factoryfive.com/coupehome.html

Type 65 coupe... sweet!... I like it MUCH better than the Cobra or the Mk4...

dieselfuel said:

Or, you could just go with an SRT-6 Crossfire and be done with it. Hand built AMG engine and hand assembled body. The price is so right, too.

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I wouldn't be caught dead in a penis car... errr.. I mean Crossfire.. AMG or not.

JFettig said:

Sounds silly to swap a VR6 into a TDI shell... find a different body to drop it into.

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It actually is a great idea, then you don't have to worry about emissions...at least in NY.

It sadly, after pricing almost everything I need, isn't that much more than what I'm parting out everything on the car for. By the time I sell what's on the car + all spare parts I'll only be around about 500 shy of finishing the build.

The interesting part will be me learning how to weld to make my own FMIC and Exhaust heh anyone live nearby that wants to help/teach for beer and food? =P