Bought an engine!!!

[lord_verminaard at yahoo.com (Brendan Doyle)]

LOL, we are Scirocco owners, we are all a little nuts.  :)  And yes, my ex was always a distraction when it came to car stuff.  She hated everything to do with cars, racing, motorsports, carshows, she even got irritated when I would watch the Powerblock on the weekends.  :P  Yes, I must have a gearhead GF next, preferably one who likes VW's and will be a source of motivation when I decide to go racing.  But seriously, how many of THOSE are out there??

-Brendan
84 Scirocco
01 Jeep TJ 4.0  <--- The next vehicle to get a diesel.....

----- Original Message ----
From: C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
To: Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@yahoo.com>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Sent: Monday, February 5, 2007 5:22:01 PM
Subject: Re: Bought an engine!!!

Well, let me be the first to say it! "Are you nuts?" :P
  Seriously, that's awesome, and congrats and best wishes eh? I'm
occasional help on the chaos out in our garage. (00 Golf TDI donor -> 87
Jetta TD recipient) Keep us posted on progress, this is the stuff the list
thrives on eh? And no worries about the GF, as I told my son, just as well
not to have one to distract you when you have something this serious
happening in the garage. Unless you can find a gearhead GF, then it's a
different story. :)

GL with it, and do it up right, even if it means Kia parking for one year.
Cathy

On 3:52 pm 02/05/07 Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Oh boy!  *insert maniacal laughter here*  Just dropped what was left
> on my credit to a low-milage ALH TDI engine from an 02 Jetta, and a
> low-milage 02J TDI 5-speed transmission from an 01 Jetta.  I will put
> up pictures somewhere when it comes in.  Then the frenzy will begin to
> have it running by Cincy this spring.  I'm giddy with excitement just
> thinking about it.  The timing actually couldnt be better, as I just
> broke up with my girlfriend of 6 years last weekend.  Sort of a morale
> booster to buy the most expensive toy for a car that I've ever bought. 
> :)  (including 6 times what I payed for the car!!) The plan, which I
> call "Phase 1"  (yeah, I'm out of creativity at this point) is as
> follows:
>
> 1.  Get the engine/tranny physically mounted in the car.
> 2.  Get cable shifter hooked up, all "OEM" style.
> 3.  Try and find the cable-clutch kit for 02A/02J and get 'er done.
> (starting to be unobtanium?) 4.  Get some sort of mechanical
> injection pump setup going. 5.  Either replace the turbo/manifold
> with an older style T-3, or adapt the VNT mechanism to be run
> mechanically. 6.  I should be able to fabricate an intake manifold by
> then... maybe....
>
> Sounds easy enough, right?????!!!!?!?!??!?!
>
> Phase 2, will probably be a next winter thing, (or maybe this summer
> if things go well) which will involve suspension and interior, and
> possibly bodywork/paint.  Also a complete re-wire, by removing ALL of
> the factory stuff, from bumper to bumper.  So at Cincy this year, she
> will look the same with the exception of my nice "SCIROCCO" rear decal,
> thanks to Cathy, and my euro-rear bumper.
>
> Phase 3, will be the engine teardown/rebuild with the goal of a very
> large HP number.  *maniacal laughter again*
>
> What'cha all think?
>
> Brendan
> 84 Scirocco 8v  <--- TDI in the works!!
> 01 Jeep TJ 4.0
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