I am interested in doing a tdi engine swap, not into another golf or anything, but into a different car all together. I can fabricate an engine adapter plate and motor mounts etc, as i have a milling machine and other various stuff, welders etc.
I eventually plan to run it on SVO or biodiesel if that makes a difference in the swap.
The car it is going into is light at about 2500-2700 # so the milage should be around that of a golf.
I am still considering 3 or 4 differnet cars. I was originally going to do a plug in car, but the cost of the conversion, plus replacing the batteries is pretty high. A tdi conversion is high too, bet then again tdi golfs even used are not cheap.
A couple of the cars I am considering if I decide to build one I will use a VW bug transaxle, but like I said it really does not matter that much anyway since I can do an adapter plate.
I would like around 80-100 hp, but I have never touched a VW diesel motor.
Would I be better off just pulling a complete harness engine etc out of a tdi car, or is the engine really simple enough that i could splice in to the exsiting engine harness. I guess I could go mechanical
? and make it easier, but i am not sure what that entails.
Sorry about all the questions, but I have never worked on a turbo diesel before. Built a lot of gasoline turbo setups, but no diesels.
Ohhh and what a turbo charging an older diesel rabbit engine ?? That has to be a simple setup.