GTiTDi
TDIClub Enthusiast, Macht Schnell! Vendor , w/Busi
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2010
- TDI
- '91 GTI CJAA swap,'02 Jetta wagon ALH swap, '03 GTI 1.8T rally car, '03 Sprinter 3500
The 91 GTI has evolved! Just finishing up a project I started in late May of last year. Had it running before the new year, could easily have been sooner, however this was long and labor intensive project that left me nearly burnt out a couple times...
I would not have even considered this swap because of the hurdles involved...However, I have recently been in touch with my second-cousin Timo, of Konigsbrunn Germany. He has been in business as Car-Creativ since 1999, performing every imaginable combination of VW model and power train! Amongst those swaps have been a couple Commonrails...notably a 2.0 CR into a mk4...when I mentioned the prospect of swapping a 2.0 CR into my mk2, He nonchalantly said "It will work"
Needless to say this was encouraging. Also some credit is due to Mr.Chill, who pushed the idea upon hearing how I had a CJAA to work with. After mentioning this in a thread, I was contacted by a couple interested people, Including a guy doing a commonrail swap into a Vanagon up in Canada, assisted by David Marshall of Fast Forward, who purchased the first one of these units to be sold in North America, since he built the harness. They had the swap running however it was apparently stuck in limp mode. I also sold one of these units to Mr.Chill who plans to do a swap into a mk4.
Special thanks to: my cousin Timo (not a member here) ManualTranny for his assistance with the thermostat adapter CAD drawing and plastic printing, and all around enthusiasm!, Matt98AHU for sharing some handy diagrams, and being there for random questions, BuzzKen for a killer deal on a Downpipe stub and O2 sensor bung combo pack, Yeahdude38 for filming first start and moral support, and Mr. Chill for his influence! Couldn't have happened without you guys!
I would not have even considered this swap because of the hurdles involved...However, I have recently been in touch with my second-cousin Timo, of Konigsbrunn Germany. He has been in business as Car-Creativ since 1999, performing every imaginable combination of VW model and power train! Amongst those swaps have been a couple Commonrails...notably a 2.0 CR into a mk4...when I mentioned the prospect of swapping a 2.0 CR into my mk2, He nonchalantly said "It will work"
Needless to say this was encouraging. Also some credit is due to Mr.Chill, who pushed the idea upon hearing how I had a CJAA to work with. After mentioning this in a thread, I was contacted by a couple interested people, Including a guy doing a commonrail swap into a Vanagon up in Canada, assisted by David Marshall of Fast Forward, who purchased the first one of these units to be sold in North America, since he built the harness. They had the swap running however it was apparently stuck in limp mode. I also sold one of these units to Mr.Chill who plans to do a swap into a mk4.Special thanks to: my cousin Timo (not a member here) ManualTranny for his assistance with the thermostat adapter CAD drawing and plastic printing, and all around enthusiasm!, Matt98AHU for sharing some handy diagrams, and being there for random questions, BuzzKen for a killer deal on a Downpipe stub and O2 sensor bung combo pack, Yeahdude38 for filming first start and moral support, and Mr. Chill for his influence! Couldn't have happened without you guys!
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