~My 91 GLI to 1.6TD conversion build up~

[53 willys]

I used to have a 91GLI in highschool and ended up selling it cause I did not like the VW gas engine but the car was still to this day my favorite car to drive...a few months ago I found Zukgod1's Jetta build and I fell in love with it....it inspired my to find a GLI like I used to have and put a 1.6TD in it.
So here is my build up and progress...I need to thank Zukgod1 for all the help so far..I am always bugging him with new questions and concerns..I also need to thank Myke welch for all his help with parts and rebuild questions..also this forum and it's members for a great site with TONS of diesel info!!
thanks guys!

here is the car I picked up..clean one owner..the guy who I bought it from had it in cali for it's whole life so it has ZERO rust it's a German built model..he picked it up on the import program..







dirty old 1.6TD ready for rebuild..









K24/26 hybrid...I got board so I cleaned, rebuilt and polished my K24/26





I pick the engine up tomorrow then the ARP stuff goes in(head studs,rod studs and oil pump bolts) and the fun really begins!!
I lighted the flywheel and also lighted the intermediate shaft.
I also have a clutchnet.com 210mm race clutch for this setup.
more pics and info to come!!!
 :twisted:

[zukgod1]

Let me know what your schedule is once you get your parts. I can stop on the way home and help for a while a few days a week..

[Quantum TD]

I love diesels and all, but why in the hell would you molest such a beautiful car?

[fatmobile]

Ha, you should have seen the remarks like that when he posted this over on the vortex.

 This will be a very nice TD when he is done.
 They didn't wrap a car this nice around a diesel. No recaros for us, no BBS rims,... rear wing? MFA? no,... anyone have a diesel with electric windows? Might be a couple of those but we got ripped off and this is our revenge,... I am living vicariously through 53 willys  :lol:
 
 Whaat?  Want him to have a beater looking Jetta GLI TD? He deserves the best, we deserve the best,..
 we got ripped off man :evil:  :x  :cry:

[foxracer1]

There is no molesting it could go right back to the gasser quite simply. I would love to take a beautiful car like this and convert it. Keep it up.

[53 willys]

thanks guys!!! yeah the purist on Vortex were really pissed at me!! :lol:
I love VW's but not their gas engines...I am a full blown diesel dirt head, I don't see this as ruining or molesting a beautiful car...I see it as making a all ready beautiful car even better :wink:
you guys know diesel engines are better then gas...so this is a improvement to a all ready nice car...why in the world would I ever convert it back to gas!!! :lol:  :twisted:
I think even the nay sayers will like this build when I'm done.
Cheers

[zukgod1]

Sexy!

That's all Ihave to say..  :twisted:

[Smokey Eddy]

Diesel conversion a downgrade?
Are we trying to keep our hands clean or something...

Who on earth said that???
Someone who doesn't know what torque is obviously :twisted:  :twisted:

[zukgod1]

I love diesels and all, but why in the hell would you molest such a beautiful car?

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You say "molest" most of us say "improve".

Going to be a SHAWEET   CAR!!!!!!

[53 willys]

Which transmission are you going to use?  

Are you going to hook up the instrument cluster?  I used the oxygen sensor light for my glow plug light, but it was backwards, so I needes a relay to reverse the polarity.

I was gonna use the 2Y trans...but I found a ASF(taller 5th gear) at my local wrecking yard for $65..so I pulled that to use...but I also have to swap axle flanges since the 2Y has 100mm flanges and the ASF has 90mm.


I am not sure on the cluster yet..my cluster has white faces and I REALLY want to use it..I think I am gonna pick up a parts cluster and use the flexible board and the tach from it....BUT i also really want to use the cluster computer that the GLI has cause it has a oil temp sensor and a few other cool sensors.

as for glow plug light..I found a glow plug LED from a diesel and I would like to put it in my cluster...but i'm not sure if it will work yet?

[Black Smokin' Diesel]

There are a few tach converters that you can use to keep the MFA cluster. This one isn't a converter per say but it's pretty cool and gives an accurate reading: http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/CheapTricks/Tachometer/index.shtml

[Ziptar]

anyone have a diesel with electric windows?

Me!!


53 willys, GO FOR IT!!, if VW hadn't viewed american diesel buyers as total skin flints we would had more diesels without manual windows! Convert it back to gas??? Why??

The difference between the Carat and a Plain Jane GL TD I swapped is night and day, a GLI even more so.


Molest?? No Way!!! Improvement I say!!

[flapjack]

I can understand the 16v crowd flipping out about it.  There's a saying about 16v fans and owners, something like "they think they've got god's balls under the hood"  So to these people, you are essentially cutting off . ..

[madmedix]

a little 16v is God's balls? LMAO. I'd call that short-man envy. A weiand 6-71 strapped to a Banks 355 with a dual pumper and a Muncie rock crusher...now you're getting somewhere.
I think your project is great. Good for you. As long as you're happy with it, who cares?

Andy

[jtanguay]

16 valves = just more valves to bend  :lol:  GO DIESEL!

your car is MINT!!