G60ING
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- Joined
- Aug 5, 2001
- Location
- MD
- TDI
- No TDIs Currently, I have an R36 Corrado. I've had an ALH Corrado swap, AHU Corrado swap and 2003 TDI Jetta
Tell us about your driving impressions of your swap that has made it onto the road. Things you would have done differently, issues, mods, maintenance issues.
My 2nd TDI Swap: AHU into a Corrado G60 shell
Mileage since being swapped: 53k miles
Started Driving: Little over 2yrs ago
Mods: 2" OD IC pipes, 2.25" Cat back Techtonics exhaust, PD 130 intake manifold, PP764 Injectors, Passat MFA Cluster.
Impressions: I love driving this car everywhere, no matter how far the trip.
Issues since going on the road:
G60 fuel pump died and I swapped in the TDI fuel tank sender. No noticeable performance change. The Mk3 TDI sender in the G60 tank only allows the usage of 13 gallons of the 15 gallon tank. I didn't modify the bottom of the G60 tank where the gas fuel pump mounts in case I want to go back to a gasser fuel pump. I could probably fix this 13gallon issue but its so minor that its not worth the time and mess.
Glowplug light: I used a 1Z engine harness with an AHU ECU and AHU engine. The 1Z used the glowplug relay that plugs into the #12 spot. The AHU uses a remote mounted relay (#180) with monitoring that the 1z's doesn't have. To fix this I pulled the glow plug wiring from an AHU harness and plan to add this wiring to my car when time permits. This should get rid of the code.
The only other issue I have had is that the car take a long time to build up heat in the winter 20+ minutes and if I blast the heat too high I can see the water temp decrease on 20 degree days. I think its related to the car not having an EGR cooler and maybe a defective coolant glowplug module. I picked up a spare coolant glowplug module when I bought the spare ahu wiring (the module was recently replaced ) I've also picked up a higher temp thermostat.
Other then those very minor issues the car has been a dream to drive.
Mods for the future: AFN manifold (have it already), B5 VNT turbo(have it already), turbo back 2.5" exhaust, and the necessary programing. I'm not certain I want to upgrade because I love the way it drives so much. It doesn't beg to be driven uber fast so I also have a spare new stock turbo. Remember I also had an ALH corrado with an 1852 turbo upgrade so I speak from experience.
My 2nd TDI Swap: AHU into a Corrado G60 shell
Mileage since being swapped: 53k miles
Started Driving: Little over 2yrs ago
Mods: 2" OD IC pipes, 2.25" Cat back Techtonics exhaust, PD 130 intake manifold, PP764 Injectors, Passat MFA Cluster.
Impressions: I love driving this car everywhere, no matter how far the trip.
Issues since going on the road:
G60 fuel pump died and I swapped in the TDI fuel tank sender. No noticeable performance change. The Mk3 TDI sender in the G60 tank only allows the usage of 13 gallons of the 15 gallon tank. I didn't modify the bottom of the G60 tank where the gas fuel pump mounts in case I want to go back to a gasser fuel pump. I could probably fix this 13gallon issue but its so minor that its not worth the time and mess.
Glowplug light: I used a 1Z engine harness with an AHU ECU and AHU engine. The 1Z used the glowplug relay that plugs into the #12 spot. The AHU uses a remote mounted relay (#180) with monitoring that the 1z's doesn't have. To fix this I pulled the glow plug wiring from an AHU harness and plan to add this wiring to my car when time permits. This should get rid of the code.
The only other issue I have had is that the car take a long time to build up heat in the winter 20+ minutes and if I blast the heat too high I can see the water temp decrease on 20 degree days. I think its related to the car not having an EGR cooler and maybe a defective coolant glowplug module. I picked up a spare coolant glowplug module when I bought the spare ahu wiring (the module was recently replaced ) I've also picked up a higher temp thermostat.
Other then those very minor issues the car has been a dream to drive.
Mods for the future: AFN manifold (have it already), B5 VNT turbo(have it already), turbo back 2.5" exhaust, and the necessary programing. I'm not certain I want to upgrade because I love the way it drives so much. It doesn't beg to be driven uber fast so I also have a spare new stock turbo. Remember I also had an ALH corrado with an 1852 turbo upgrade so I speak from experience.