ToxicDoc
Veteran Member
Would this be a direct swap? different hoses, etc?
1.8 pancake pipe
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jimbote
Certified Volkswagen Nut
nope, custom turbo to pancake hose required
ToxicDoc
Veteran Member
thanks. I'm trying to get all my parts and supplies lined up before I start things to reduce down time.
Do you know the sizes/bends by any chance? A lot of the older threads were photobucketed - no pics...
ToxicDoc
Veteran Member
Likely a VNT17 but haven't finalized that decision. Sourcing my parts now.
Nevada_TDI
Top Post Dawg
I have the 1.8T pancake pipe on my engine, and I am using the stock hoses. When I installed my new turbo the hose kept blowing off of the clips so I used two self-tapping screws to stop that problem with the original pancake pipe. With the 1.8t pancake pipe I removed the o-ring and screwed the pancake pipe onto the old hose with a fair bit of fiddling. Some super sticky tape will fix any air leaks.
ToxicDoc
Veteran Member
that is super helpful. Thank you.
Nevada_TDI
Top Post Dawg
It was a bit of a pain in the rear initially, but running 22-24 PSI is a non-issue anymore; what I think really happened was my actuator arm was too short and I hit something well in excess of 30 PSI and it blew off so quickly I couldn't actually log the boost pressure.