~My 91 GLI to 1.6TD conversion build up~

[53 willys]

How about the videos??? I want to see and hear this thing. It will give me inspiration to work on mine again. Help a fellow Veedubber out.

I know brother....I gotta empty my drive on my camera....so I can make a vid for you...I been saying I would for like 4 months...

[zukgod1]

Mark,

I think I may have a 9mm pump at home if you want to try a smaller one..

[53 willys]

Mark,

I think I may have a 9mm pump at home if you want to try a smaller one..

yes.......please..


I will get in touch with you.....probably better wait until I have your g60 cover in gloss black.... (still sitting in my shop un coated...

[the4ork]

wow just saw this thread...

i gotta say, i am completely envious, and the funny thing is tonight i got on the site to do a search if anyone had tried one of these turbos yet...

i was actually looking at a .60 trim T3 but im very curious to see where your 50trim  spools at. i assume you have a tach so you can tell?

your build is very very similar to what i will be doing this spring. btw, is that just an 11mm home-modded pump or is it a full giles?

Very nice setup, i hope it lives up to your expectations and mine as well and very very nice workmanship 

whats your altitude???....for the altitude I drive in I wish I could have got a 45trim..witch is what they originally speced me on and then told me they had discontinued the 45trim...

i'm at 4000-5000ft above sea level most the time and my turbo spools pretty fast but not as fast as I like...the real nice thing I find with the BB turbo is not much boost lost on shifts so you can keep it spooled once you do get it there...


now that I have another few tanks on this 11mm pump I really feel it's too hot and smoky for my app...I can turn it all the way down and it still smokes pretty dang hard...I think a 10mm or even a 9mm might work better...?


my car is still a work in progress and it has been a long hard road but I do like the way it runs....it's getting better everyday it breaks in more.....
thanks for the complements.

Btw Zukgod1 on here is the man who did my pump...he's the man.

you can get the GT2554R and GT2560R (28r) in T3 externally wastegated, im looking into both of these options.

btw F the vids, i want a dyno!

[the4ork]

for the love of god!! WE NEED UPDATES!

[53 willys]

for the love of god!! WE NEED UPDATES!

update...my front cooling flange is old and pitted....it's keeps causing coolant leaks...I'm afraid if I go any tighter with the hose clamp it's gonna cut right through the hose...probably gonna have to pick up some new one's...



also noticed I have a small trans leak...about the size of a soda can after sitting for a day or so....

there you go....I do have a feeling thats not the kinda update you wanted...?

[the4ork]

***! haha....

do you plan on hitting the dyno? do we need to gather a pool together? lol

we will have to compare dynos this summer as our builds will be very similar. ive been looking hard into using either the GT2554 or the GT2560(28r) so our snails will be similar in size. I found a guy that can make me a passenger performance style intake manifold locally, and of course there will be the beefy giles pump.

can i ask you where you got your cometic gasket made? i think i will do the same

[53 willys]

***! haha....

do you plan on hitting the dyno? do we need to gather a pool together? lol

we will have to compare dynos this summer as our builds will be very similar. ive been looking hard into using either the GT2554 or the GT2560(28r) so our snails will be similar in size. I found a guy that can make me a passenger performance style intake manifold locally, and of course there will be the beefy giles pump.

can i ask you where you got your cometic gasket made? i think i will do the same

yeah I will be on the dyno this spring....and the 1/4 strip with it....still need to get my nitrous kit hooked up but I been to busy with other projects...

I dont expect much on dyno numbers...? my altitude is gonna kill it I got a feeling??
150-200hp would be cool ...hopefully it does not take drugs to get that number?? maybe pop another 10-15hp with a small shot??
we will see.....I'm kinda thinking i'm gonna need some water injection to make a full 1/4 pass with out hitting 1500*!!!!!

my MLS gasket came from the only place I could find that would make one for a VW diesel...
gasketstogo.com they are in Thailand!!

if you search the blog with "vw" you can read about the gasket.....
what size do you need??

[the4ork]

what were the specs on yours? im sorry if it was gone over already...

is it compression dropping?

[53 willys]

what were the specs on yours? im sorry if it was gone over already...

is it compression dropping?

mine is a 2 hole....and no on the oversized gasket...my piston protrusion called for a 2 hole so that what I did.

I got a spare 3 hole I might sell you...I think I should have just got a spare two hole instead.... so if I sell it I wold just order a new 2hole....

[the4ork]

did you consider dropping the compression at all? or no because you live in a cold high elevation climate?

[53 willys]

did you consider dropping the compression at all? or no because you live in a cold high elevation climate?

yeah you guessed it....to cold in the winter and too much elevation.

[the4ork]

i might pick that gasket up from you, i found a rebuilt shortblock i want to get that requires a 2hole. ill let you know if i decide to purchase it.