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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: juleshs on 05 May 2009, 22:20

Title: bin the td
Post by: juleshs on 05 May 2009, 22:20
im thinking about binning my 1.9td out of my mk2 but in these harsh times im not sure what to put back in it dont want turbo or vr6 but would like something with some nuts, i can swap looms and engines but i dont know about the insides so it would have to be a complete engine, dont know what engine codes are in what car, im only a mere joiner
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: DarnPB on 05 May 2009, 22:52
Consider a Corrado G60 engine. Good swap, and very tunable, although I would also budget for a compressor overhaul.

You would also need to consider a brake up grade and a suspension up grade. The brakes would come free with a suitable donor Corrado G60.
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: juleshs on 05 May 2009, 23:03
seems a shame to kill a rado however i do already have the front end
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: Chris-White on 05 May 2009, 23:56
corrado donor......talk to me......

Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: Diamond Hell on 06 May 2009, 00:06
Surely the only way to go from a 1.9TD would be up to a 1.9 TDi?

More power, more economy.

What's not to like?

(rev range).
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: A7 UFO on 06 May 2009, 08:39
mk2 diesels are fairly sought after at the moment, so you'd do better to sell yours and buy a mk2 that has already had an engine conversion.  Much cheaper.  Easier to make a fast car out of a car that is already fast.  Yours.....isn't fast.
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: juleshs on 06 May 2009, 09:10
the engine is out of a mk3. there isnt a great deal more power in a tdi, i dont think
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: Diamond Hell on 06 May 2009, 10:14
What've you got out of the 1.9TD then?

You should be able to fetch 150-170bhp out of a TDi unit without too much trouble.
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: A7 UFO on 06 May 2009, 10:34
theres loads of potential in the old 1.9 tdis.  Was it Simon Cooper (white mk2?) that was getting 12 second 1/4s with the old diesel?
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: juleshs on 06 May 2009, 22:25
150 -170 bhp. is that a mk3 engine or mk4. sounds like a plan
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: A7 UFO on 07 May 2009, 08:40
the non pd engines in the mk3 and mk4 were the same iirc
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: jamie_pyrite on 07 May 2009, 10:00
How about a PD150 engine from a mk4?
Title: Re: bin the td
Post by: A7 UFO on 07 May 2009, 11:49
How about a PD150 engine from a mk4?
that's whats in mine.  Its a lot more work to get that in than a non pd variant.