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VW engine swap
Posted by soulman9 [Email] (more from soulman9) on Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:28:10
In Reply to: thinking of something crazy, matt 94 aero, Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:35:43
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My friend just finished putting a TDI engine from a 99 Beetle into his 1981 rabbit pickup truck. It took a lot of work, and he had to fabricate engine mounts and everything, but in the end it was absolutely worth it.
The engine is stock right now, but with the planned addition of an ECU chip and a couple of other mods, the thing will be running around 130 WHP. Not much you say? It isn't, until you consider the engines are rated at 90 crank HP, and the fact that his truck is over 1000 pounds lighter than the new bug. I'll get a pic and post it soon.
Yeah. The thing is scary fast. He competely took a ram air Trans-am at a stop light. The frat boy driving the car sure didn't like that...
Anyway, it's definitely possible to do whatever you want as long as you have the patience and wherewithal to take on a project that could easily span 8 months. Good luck!
Chris
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Posts in this Thread:
- thinking of something crazy, matt 94 aero, Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:35:43
- VW engine swap, soulman9, Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:28:10 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: thinking of something crazy, gorper, Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:32:37
- ........, Taylor, Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:35:00
- Crazy....here's absolutely insane!!!, btown mike, Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:29:53
- Re: thinking of something crazy, GM, Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:38:27
- The challenge..., Eric van Spelde, Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:20:54
- yeah I hear you, jak
, Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:06:26
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