Theguy1084
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I’m currently driving a 2006 Jetta with a BRM. It has a stage 2 tune and a AFE or something intake. I recently purchased a second BRM engine off of eBay. The donor car was a 2006 Jetta TDI with 197k Miles. I plan on taring it down and building it into a BRM monster. I’ve also collected pistons and rods from Darkside to start building the bottom end.
This will be a long term project that I estimate will take between one and two years. I figure building one on the side will allow me to spread out the cost, and shorten total down time of the vehicle. Other than machine work, I’ll be doing all of the work myself.
I’m not 100% sure what I’m going to do with the engine once it’s built. At first, I was going to swap it out with the engine currently in my car. After some thought, I’d really like to swap it into a MK2 or 3 Jetta. If I come across the right car before the engine is completed, I may go that route. I swapped a built 1.8T into a MK2 Jetta about 8 years ago. Unfortunately I had to sell it before it got it properly tuned. A large part of me wants a second go at a swap project.
Below is a parts list I started. It’s just a guide at this point. The parts with a * are ones I’ve already purchased. My goal is something north of 300whp and 400wtq.
BHW Pistons*
Rosten H beam Rods*
Rod bearings*
Crank bearings*
Thrust bearings*
Main cap studs or PD150 bolts
SMF Flywheel/clutch
Front main seal
Rear main seal
Oil pan gasket/sealer
Oil cooler upgrade
Oil filter housing gasket
Race cam
Cam seal
Cam bearings
Injectors 120%
Head gasket
Head studs
Intake manifold
Exhaust manifold
Darkside GTD2872VRK kit
Full 3” exhaust
Tune (possibly Malone considering they’re close)
FMIC of some sort
Engine mounts of some sort
Auto to Six speed manual trans conversion
I’ll probably P&P the head too, but I haven’t made up my mind yet about Nitrous.
This will be a long term project that I estimate will take between one and two years. I figure building one on the side will allow me to spread out the cost, and shorten total down time of the vehicle. Other than machine work, I’ll be doing all of the work myself.
I’m not 100% sure what I’m going to do with the engine once it’s built. At first, I was going to swap it out with the engine currently in my car. After some thought, I’d really like to swap it into a MK2 or 3 Jetta. If I come across the right car before the engine is completed, I may go that route. I swapped a built 1.8T into a MK2 Jetta about 8 years ago. Unfortunately I had to sell it before it got it properly tuned. A large part of me wants a second go at a swap project.
Below is a parts list I started. It’s just a guide at this point. The parts with a * are ones I’ve already purchased. My goal is something north of 300whp and 400wtq.
BHW Pistons*
Rosten H beam Rods*
Rod bearings*
Crank bearings*
Thrust bearings*
Main cap studs or PD150 bolts
SMF Flywheel/clutch
Front main seal
Rear main seal
Oil pan gasket/sealer
Oil cooler upgrade
Oil filter housing gasket
Race cam
Cam seal
Cam bearings
Injectors 120%
Head gasket
Head studs
Intake manifold
Exhaust manifold
Darkside GTD2872VRK kit
Full 3” exhaust
Tune (possibly Malone considering they’re close)
FMIC of some sort
Engine mounts of some sort
Auto to Six speed manual trans conversion
I’ll probably P&P the head too, but I haven’t made up my mind yet about Nitrous.
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