Im currently in the process of fitting a BEW TDI into my Jeep TJ and I figured seeing as information on the conversion is very scarce that starting a topic on it might bring more information out of the woodwork. I am actually very close to completion of the project although most of the wiring is still to be done.
Ill start by saying that I ended up using the HPA motorsport kit. I do get alot of satisfaction from doing everything myself but honestly making adapters to the precision required if way beyond my current ability. Their parts are not cheap and in my case not even a total bolt on but they are high quality and their customer support is excellent.
There are alot of opportunities to fab up parts for a project like this and I have done just that for pretty well everything other than the adapter and truss member which I got from HPA. Because I wanted to keep it as factory looking as possible I did try to adapt as much jeep stuff as possible too.
Any advice on adding photos to this post would be great. I have a photobucket account but dont know how to use it. There are still some things in the process of being done like piping the intercooler and mounting the ecu's but all the fab work has been done and im just waiting for a nice day to paint and for my silicone coupler to arrive.
Anyways feel free to ask whatever questions you have and ill try to answer as best I can. If anybody else has done something similar please let me know if you see anything I can improve or tips about something that can up with your swap. Ill try to add ifo about all the things ive done with this one as I go along. Cheers
Ill start by saying that I ended up using the HPA motorsport kit. I do get alot of satisfaction from doing everything myself but honestly making adapters to the precision required if way beyond my current ability. Their parts are not cheap and in my case not even a total bolt on but they are high quality and their customer support is excellent.
There are alot of opportunities to fab up parts for a project like this and I have done just that for pretty well everything other than the adapter and truss member which I got from HPA. Because I wanted to keep it as factory looking as possible I did try to adapt as much jeep stuff as possible too.
Any advice on adding photos to this post would be great. I have a photobucket account but dont know how to use it. There are still some things in the process of being done like piping the intercooler and mounting the ecu's but all the fab work has been done and im just waiting for a nice day to paint and for my silicone coupler to arrive.
Anyways feel free to ask whatever questions you have and ill try to answer as best I can. If anybody else has done something similar please let me know if you see anything I can improve or tips about something that can up with your swap. Ill try to add ifo about all the things ive done with this one as I go along. Cheers