TDI Into a Subaru?

[beltsander]

Has this been done? I would be iinterested to see all info.

 

[Andyinchville1]

I'm interested too ... TDI economy and all wheel drive .... seems like a good combo.

What Subaru were you thinking?

 

[Mongler98]

there have been a few AWD conversions to a TDI, my favorite was a jetta that ended up with a rear end from a passat and trans, 4x4 epicness.
you will suffer from a bit of MPG loss. Check out the conversions area

 

[beltsander]

I'm interested too ... TDI economy and all wheel drive .... seems like a good combo.

What Subaru were you thinking?

Forrester of some kind, never had one, just think the AWD would be nice.

 

[beltsander]

there have been a few AWD conversions to a TDI, my favorite was a jetta that ended up with a rear end from a passat and trans, 4x4 epicness.
you will suffer from a bit of MPG loss. Check out the conversions area

Yes, the Jetta Bora would be a good one.

 

[beltsander]

I am a Machinist, And I have a CNC shop, so it would just be a matter of collecting the specs and finding the right parts, with some elbow grease!

 

[GolNat]

Would converting a car to AWD be easier then a cross platform motor swap? Golf R parts maybe?

 

[beltsander]

Not if you want a Subaru platform.

 

[beltsander]

Need to find the CAD drawings Engine and transmission for both Subaru and VW TDI. Anyone know a good source? I can reverse engineer it, DWGS. would be easier.

 

[Mathieux46]

Subarugear sells adaptor plate to mount a tdi to a subaru transmission

Subarugears

 

[beltsander]

Thank You! These Guys save Me a lot of time!

 

[Mathieux46]

I wonder if a TDI would be too tall to mount in a subaru. The subaru being a flat engine maybe there isn’t enough headroom under the hood of a subaru to mount a TDI.

 

[PickleRick]

Isn't a tdi also longer? Would be a sweet swap. I love the early impreza hatch backs.

 

[Andyinchville1]

Forrester of some kind, never had one, just think the AWD would be nice.

HI,

I'm with you on that !

I would LOVE to not worry about the weather in the winters (well short of a blizzard).

Any idea how much MPG AWD eats up as opposed to just FWD ? I may research manual hubs on the rear like the old pickups had for the front wheels ... AWD availability with FWD mileage ...

Looking forward to more on this thread !

PS - The adapter find was great!

Andrew