Author Topic: My build up of the Un-naturally aspirated 81. (Read 11292 times)

Rabbit on Roids · « **on:** April 30, 2009, 09:37:37 am »

Heres some pictures finally! i know how all you guys like engine bay shots and such. anyone care to comment on anything? or suggestions for improvement? and i know its dirty, so please dont suggest that i wash it. its just too early for me to wash it right now. and thats not a bad paint job for 20 bucks eh? its far from perfect, but its better than baby blue and rust.

drrtybyl · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2009, 12:08:28 pm »

Love the badge, hehe.

Flat black == never needing a wash, correct?

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2009, 12:31:08 pm »

oh no, flat black needs to be washed all the time. its ridicuious how easy it is to get it dirty now. but atleast the rear doesnt get black from soot anymore. it kinda matches the paint this way.

rabbitman · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2009, 01:36:44 pm »

Nice, that has the vnt-17?

hamradio · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2009, 04:51:50 pm »

What intercooler are you running?

theman53 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2009, 06:34:09 pm »

My wife hates when I get the flat black out. I tell her its how you know a car is fast:D I admittidly don't wash the car to often. Where I live it is about 1/2 an hour to the closest interstate highway and mostly dirt roads all I would get done is washing so I don't do it much.

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:36:12 pm »

Quote from: "rabbitman"

Nice, that has the vnt-17?

yea, VNT17 off an 01 ALH Jetta... scored it for free.

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:37:24 pm »

Quote from: "hamradio"

What intercooler are you running?

its an IC out of a volvo 740. i would not suggest that anyone else tries to use one of these. it works great and everything, but its just too damn big to put in a rabbit. i had to do some serious modifying to make it fit.

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:39:07 pm »

Quote from: "theman53"

My wife hates when I get the flat black out. I tell her its how you know a car is fast:D I admittidly don't wash the car to often. Where I live it is about 1/2 an hour to the closest interstate highway and mostly dirt roads all I would get done is washing so I don't do it much.

yea, im in the same boat. my car sees as many dirt/gravel roads as it does paved ones. and the only reason i chose flat black is cause it was 96 cents a can at wal-mart. and its soo much easier to make a nice rattle can paint job with flat paint then with gloss paint.

drrtybyl · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:58:51 pm »

Quote from: "Rabbit on Roids"

its an IC out of a volvo 740. i would not suggest that anyone else tries to use one of these. it works great and everything, but its just too damn big to put in a rabbit. i had to do some serious modifying to make it fit.

What all did you have to do to your front end or the IC to get it to fit? I take it you don't have AC? I have a 740 intercooler and a much smaller one I picked up a while ago -- haven't tried test-fitting either yet, but space seems very limited.

hamradio · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2009, 08:16:00 pm »

So, wait...is the GT1749V a VNT15 or VNT17?

AudiVWguy · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:10:09 pm »

Wadja pay for the seats? (my favorite!!)
Window tint--hint hint

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2009, 09:44:59 am »

Quote from: "AudiVWguy"

Wadja pay for the seats? (my favorite!!)
Window tint--hint hint

lol, i scored those pristene recaros from a buddy for 150 bucks.. they came from a 2 door something from the 90's i love those seats, there so comfy. and they are the most expensive part of the whole car. and window tint is coming after alaska. But my jetta is already set up w/ tint, 17's & low pros, and some serious suspension. ive never had a car stick to the road better. im pretty sure im gonna build a diesel to swap into my jetta also. it would be way more sexy with a rattlin' smoker under the hood.

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2009, 09:47:30 am »

Quote from: "hamradio"

So, wait...is the GT1749V a VNT15 or VNT17?

im pretty sure this is a 17, they had the 15's on the 90 horse ALH and they had the 17's on the 110 horse ALH's. and i did some looking into it and this turbo came off a 110 horse engine.

Rabbit on Roids · « **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2009, 09:53:13 am »

Quote from: "drrtybyl"

Quote from: "Rabbit on Roids"

its an IC out of a volvo 740. i would not suggest that anyone else tries to use one of these. it works great and everything, but its just too damn big to put in a rabbit. i had to do some serious modifying to make it fit.

What all did you have to do to your front end or the IC to get it to fit? I take it you don't have AC? I have a 740 intercooler and a much smaller one I picked up a while ago -- haven't tried test-fitting either yet, but space seems very limited.

lol, i had to do some extensive work with the grinder and cut off wheel. the distance between the bottom of the core support and the top, 12 inches and a little. the intercooler is 15.5 inches tall and it just BARELY fits in front of the radiator. i actually have a scoop so to speak of right under my bumper. the bottom 3 inches of the intercooler sticks out of it. i almost couldnt bring myself to cut up my core support, but i really wanna do a round clip conversion.. i dig those.