mTDI caddy up and running but not building boost or power

[8v-of-fury]

Some people have one hell of a rage-boner going for the VE E-TDI.. and I can't fathom why.

Pulling the plunger is nice and easy, if you could find a mechanical one from some old marine VE pumped diesel thatèd be shweeeeet.

I have mechanical gauges in my m-tdi even.. pull that plunger and it is a fully mechanical machine. Ready for the apocalypse and EMP's.

[bbob203]

pull that plunger and it is a fully mechanical machine. Ready for the apocalypse and EMP's.

exactly jeremy! Precisely why I would rather have midi over anything. Coupled with the fact that if necessary all I have to do it pull up to a bulldozer with a siphon and a funnel and get me some hydraulic fluid to run if and when the us becomes like mad maxx 

[TylerDurden]

Same here, I'm not smart enough for all that electricky computery stuff. But we digress...


How can it be 4000rpm and only 60mph?   It should be doing 85-90mph at 4000rpm in 5th gear. Either the tach is wrong or the clutch is slipping.

[thegimpster]

While we're on a mad max note and not a mtdi note i never realized how homo-erotic that movie was as a kid. I just thought it was cool. but watching it as an adult i realize the guys in leather ass-chaps chained to each other. And with gas being a limited resource why would you have massive v8 vehicle getting like 8 mpg? It came out after the oil crisis so that had to be in someone's mind. I know there were a few VW rails in the movie too but still. And how long did the gas last? I assume it was leaded gas though. I don't know if there really was a point to that but still.

no tach in the caddy just ear. clutch isn't slipping in it. it has good grip.

[8v-of-fury]

How can it be 4000rpm and only 60mph?   It should be doing 85-90mph at 4000rpm in 5th gear. Either the tach is wrong or the clutch is slipping.

I'd also like to add that a AHU with the fist sized k03 at 4000RPM sounds like she is going to POP. I had to have my non modified pump maxxed to the nines to even be near good enough. It was an endeavour I went after as it was still faster and more economical than the N/A it replaced.. lol

[bbob203]

Not running the stock turbo K24 or T3 i think?? something top mount fosho.

[thegimpster]

I think I put that in the original post. The Turbo is a Mk2 Turbo diesel with like a Volvo compressor wheel and snail shell.  I uploaded a video to YouTube earlier. I'll post it in a bit.

[thegimpster]

Viddeoz of the caddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC4aPGEdZWU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4trEdA7qc4

Checked the compression and it is at like 450 460

[snakemaster]

if mad max had a MTDI hed be LOL  and no sucker ever catch him 

[8v-of-fury]

Those vidoes point to me the injectors aint poppin correctly sonnnnnn.

Timing needs bumped up I would think.

[thegimpster]

i messed with the timing a bit yesterday. i'm beginning to believe it is just in the pump itself so im debating on just getting a built one and being done with that side of the project. not going for super huge hp numbers here so should i go with a 4bt based pump or a turbo diesel/tdi hybrid pump? i'm sure opinions vary on which is best. just using the caddy to get parts and tow the occasional mk1 or mk2 i buy.

[bbob203]

i messed with the timing a bit yesterday. i'm beginning to believe it is just in the pump itself so im debating on just getting a built one and being done with that side of the project. not going for super huge hp numbers here so should i go with a 4bt based pump or a turbo diesel/tdi hybrid pump? i'm sure opinions vary on which is best. just using the caddy to get parts and tow the occasional mk1 or mk2 i buy.

get a pump from libby and be done with it.

[snakemaster]

on your tube vid ,your engine is missing in the lower rpm , injectors or pump

[thegimpster]

Well Brian you should trade me your pump...  would love to buy one off of him just need to sell more parts to pay for it. Got a nice colt 1911 for a bunch of parts the other day I could go sell too I guess.

[bbob203]

Well Brian you should trade me your pump...  would love to buy one off of him just need to sell more parts to pay for it. Got a nice colt 1911 for a bunch of parts the other day I could go sell too I guess.

never sell guns.. ill say this if I don't get mine going this weekend ill bring it with me from ohio and ill come up next week and we can slap it on and see how it does.