PD Conversion ( Now TDI Conversions)

[Horney]

I'd be tempted to use the complete loom form the donor and bin the MKII loom.

Nick

[tech1889]

See that was my thinking, well for the engine bay atleast but it's plugging it into a fuse box and such..

[mk2bal]

Tech- what about the £10000's spent on the abf setup already??

[tech1889]

Tech- what about the £10000's spent on the abf setup already??

the ABF has cost me about 1400 including the car so not that much im still doing it but im looking for in the future as me and a friend are looking to do a conversion together.. on a different mk2 than mine

[Mr Blue]

PD conversion probably one of the best for performance and MPG but does sound like a bag of nails.

Would have thought you would need the ECU messed with so it wont run in limp mode?

[Diamond Hell]

Would have thought you would need the ECU messed with so it wont run in limp mode?

ha!  'messed with' I think that's understating it.

You can get around a lot of issues by giving the ECU 'what it wants to see' from the sensors, if you don't want to include them, but the problem is that you need to do pretty much all of them, including things like speed sensors etc, which can't be missed out.

DannyP has been working on one of these for a while.

IIRC the ECU has 150 wires that terminate at it.

It's a great potential conversion, but a lot of work!

[tech1889]

Well I've been lookin at garages near me but nothing at a decent price.. If I can get a garage with electric I will start a conversion with my friend as it sounds great on paper but must be a lot of reasons why no one does the conversion lol I know the ecu can have sensors mapped out of it by companies like RTech but would be easier to run maybe a mk4 dash and clocks to retain some sensors.. Would standalone be ok for a diesel to maybe combat the electrical issues ?

[mk2bal]

I've read there's no sensation of speed with the low rpm + short gear ratios. Some guy sold his 300+ bhp diesel and said his abf mk2 'felt' faster...

[DOA]

I've read there's no sensation of speed with the low rpm + short gear ratios. Some guy sold his 300+ bhp diesel and said his abf mk2 'felt' faster...

I can beleive that ^. Have you considered the traction and torque steer implications of a serious PD engine conversion in a mk2? As DH says, good luck wiring it all up and keeping it happy, modern ECU's are complicated little beasties and I doubt you will get a PD engine running without the stock one.

[tech1889]

^^ Above is partly right ive had a few diesels and its not the sensation is not there its just a different feel as they rev a lot slower and have a lower rev limit.. Its learning and getting used to driving a TDI if you use the torque and keep the turbo spooled up you have lots of power on tap but a lot lower down the rev range they can be sluggish all depends on the map tbh you can still have a liner map thats power all the way but you can all have nothing and then kick you in the back power.. We will see if i can sort a garage out as i think down the line it could be fun..