Re: trying to get 10-sec out of a 1.8T

[Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com>]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, josh Wyte wrote:

> I'd examine that motor and where it came from very
> carefully...  The ECU alone goes for about $300. 
> No-one in their right mind would sell the complete
> engine, wiring harness, ecu and tranny for $900...
> Market value for just the engine, wiring harness and
> ecu is around $2500-3000.

That sounds right...from what I have seen!

> I'd also keep the existing 020 tranny.  The 02J
> tranny's out of the Golf/Jetta 4 will make the swap
> much harder because you'll have to swap the hydraulic
> clutch setup and cable shifter.  The passat and audi
> tranny's won't bolt up...

Acutally, you don't have to use the hydrolic clutch setup!  While it might
be better to do so, I have personally seen a 1.8T in a mk1 scirocco using
a 02J (from a TDI) and he had a clutch cable to the original pedal
cluster! This is Yarrow Thorns car.  Now, the cable did snap while he was
in CA...it could use a little more engineering to make it reliable...but
it can work...I think Yarrow said it was from a European only TDI Beetle
that had a cable instead of a hydrolic setup.  

As for the cable shifting part...looks like your stuck....but Yarrows car
was well done, and he said he loved the TDI trans with the power he was
making (claimed 380 to the wheels...I believe it, you should see that car
pull away while in 5th)

--
Eric
Westminster, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
80 Scirocco (GF's Daily Driver)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
84 Scirocco Automatic
88 Scirocco 16v (Parts car)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
00 Golf GL TDI (My Daily Driver)

"For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid science."
-Kelli Fox


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