Runninwild
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Hey guys. this is my taco im working on at the moment.
Has a sas and rear 4 link with 12" ori struts. Currently has an aaz I rebuilt with a giles pump and holset he220wg turbo on a g60 intake. Turbo failed within 400km (plus was way too laggy). Think I may have forgotten sealant on the oil squirters which resulted in low oil pressure. Hoping the motor is salvageable and I can get some money back out of it.
I picked up an 05 passat tdi bhw with 270,000km on it with a blown tranny for $500. So far I've made about $900 parting it out and still have the leather seats to sell. Definitely helping to fund the motor swap.
I got the motor on a stand, disassembled and cleaned everything and got it all buttoned back up last weekend. Intake and intake ports were pretty gunked up with carbon from the egr. got the valves as clean as I could, hope whatever is not in reach wont effect performance much.
here's a pic of the balance shaft delete I installed.
Havent had much time after work during the week but ive got the oil filter side motor mount ready to go in other then some cleaning with the flap disc and paint
Will make the turbo side mount tomorrow night
I've left the part that bolts to the mount off the plate for now, i'll fine tune the height when its in the truck. planning on a pretty basic mount off the frame. Flat plate sitting on the top of the frame coming into the engine bay with a gusset underneath
Here is the harness I modified a couple weeks ago
and all the junk I cut out
Motor will be getting full emissions delete and a stage 2 Malone tune.
Hoping to get the aaz ripped out of the truck and the bhw back in this weekend. will post pics as interesting stuff pops up.
heres a few more shots of the truck if anyone is interested. I recently installed 5.29 gears so the engine is going to be screaming on the highway but it is what it is. not going to daily drive it and it starts to shake itself apart above 125kmh so its not the end of the world.
Has a sas and rear 4 link with 12" ori struts. Currently has an aaz I rebuilt with a giles pump and holset he220wg turbo on a g60 intake. Turbo failed within 400km (plus was way too laggy). Think I may have forgotten sealant on the oil squirters which resulted in low oil pressure. Hoping the motor is salvageable and I can get some money back out of it.
I picked up an 05 passat tdi bhw with 270,000km on it with a blown tranny for $500. So far I've made about $900 parting it out and still have the leather seats to sell. Definitely helping to fund the motor swap.
I got the motor on a stand, disassembled and cleaned everything and got it all buttoned back up last weekend. Intake and intake ports were pretty gunked up with carbon from the egr. got the valves as clean as I could, hope whatever is not in reach wont effect performance much.
here's a pic of the balance shaft delete I installed.
Havent had much time after work during the week but ive got the oil filter side motor mount ready to go in other then some cleaning with the flap disc and paint
Will make the turbo side mount tomorrow night
I've left the part that bolts to the mount off the plate for now, i'll fine tune the height when its in the truck. planning on a pretty basic mount off the frame. Flat plate sitting on the top of the frame coming into the engine bay with a gusset underneath
Here is the harness I modified a couple weeks ago
and all the junk I cut out
Motor will be getting full emissions delete and a stage 2 Malone tune.
Hoping to get the aaz ripped out of the truck and the bhw back in this weekend. will post pics as interesting stuff pops up.
heres a few more shots of the truck if anyone is interested. I recently installed 5.29 gears so the engine is going to be screaming on the highway but it is what it is. not going to daily drive it and it starts to shake itself apart above 125kmh so its not the end of the world.
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