CharlieT
Veteran Member
I have been talking and dreaming about this swap for a year.
After 6 months of looking, I found the perfect car back in March; 2003 225 quattro roadster, Moro Blue (my fav), Vanilla Interior (rare), 67k miles, all options (HIDs etc); the 1.8T engine had a blown turbo and worse, car had been repo'd, I found it at auction very cheap, barely got it home.
1.8T came out, and the PD100 went in two weeks ago. I got it running last week, and got the complete car back on the road today.
It has taken 2 months of nights and weekends in the garage, but I think I have figured out the recipe, and even how to get the Quattro/AWD to work.
Before...
After...
For the car as it stands today, many thanks to :
Mogly for the BEW PD100, wiring harness etc
Ryanp for the 02M FWD ERF transmission, which I stole the gearing out of
Whitbread for the R32 Peloquin and guide on 02M shiftfork strengthening
Jetta 97 for the immo delete
VWMikel for the tunes (to come)
Jos_br & ttqtdi for leading the way
Scott_DeWitt for guidance on 02Ms
I am now starting on stage 2 :
250whp/450wtq goal
ARL block & crank
GTB2260vk
Rostens + BHWs
Firad +100s
BIG intercooler
etc etc
More to follow...
After 6 months of looking, I found the perfect car back in March; 2003 225 quattro roadster, Moro Blue (my fav), Vanilla Interior (rare), 67k miles, all options (HIDs etc); the 1.8T engine had a blown turbo and worse, car had been repo'd, I found it at auction very cheap, barely got it home.
1.8T came out, and the PD100 went in two weeks ago. I got it running last week, and got the complete car back on the road today.
It has taken 2 months of nights and weekends in the garage, but I think I have figured out the recipe, and even how to get the Quattro/AWD to work.
Before...
After...
For the car as it stands today, many thanks to :
Mogly for the BEW PD100, wiring harness etc
Ryanp for the 02M FWD ERF transmission, which I stole the gearing out of
Whitbread for the R32 Peloquin and guide on 02M shiftfork strengthening
Jetta 97 for the immo delete
VWMikel for the tunes (to come)
Jos_br & ttqtdi for leading the way
Scott_DeWitt for guidance on 02Ms
I am now starting on stage 2 :
250whp/450wtq goal
ARL block & crank
GTB2260vk
Rostens + BHWs
Firad +100s
BIG intercooler
etc etc
More to follow...
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