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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: 1985JettaTD on June 24, 2004, 12:20:24 am

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: 1985JettaTD on June 24, 2004, 12:20:24 am

ok my daily driver is about to die. it has 500 000Kms on it and there has been no really big overhauls. aways i going to replace that with the jetta that i was going to mod and then would need a new car to mod and race. i was thinking about a G60 Corrado but then drove by the gas station and looked at the price. i really liked the idea of a Corrado and thought that would be a sweet car to drive. i then thought that the G60 is a 4 cyl. and the TD is too. would a 1.6 or 1.9 TD fit in to a 1993 or 94 Corrado? has anyone every tried something like this? also while i had the motor out i was thinking that it would make it a bit easyer to fab a twin turbo in to it. has a twin turbo ever been done on a TD? would the TD be able to take that kind of boost?
give me some idea on what i should make \ buy. money is not really a object but would like to keep the costs down!!
thanks for the help

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: Dr. Diesel on June 24, 2004, 04:46:12 am

yes to everything, but why not leave it single turbo. It's simple, cheap, and works great!

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: type53b_gtd on June 24, 2004, 06:20:59 am

Or better yet, pick up a low-mielage A3 TDI from a wrecker and drop it in - much smoother engine, more power, more tunability.  This has been my five year plan for, well, about five years now.  I just haven't tripped over a really nice clean Corrado for dirt cheap yet... :)

I would definitely go with a 1.9 over a 1.6 in the Corrado.  1.6's are fun in A1's, (well, OK Dr Diesel's is fun in his A2) but the Corrado is a bit of a pig, so you'll want the extra torque from the 1.9.

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: BlackTieTD on June 24, 2004, 12:51:05 pm

bad ideas. all bad ideas.

(dammit i thought my diesel corrado was going to be somewhat original!!  :lol: )

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: type53b_gtd on June 24, 2004, 01:01:37 pm

No way man.

It's been done at least once - most likely a few times.

A friend of mine on the Scirocco list bought this one a year or so ago:

(http://scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca/gtd/cincy_2004/1024/cincy2k4%20071.jpg)
(http://scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca/gtd/cincy_2004/1024/cincy2k4%20073.jpg)
(http://scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca/gtd/cincy_2004/1024/cincy2k4%20074.jpg)

Drew

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: DieselsRcool on June 24, 2004, 01:16:34 pm

OOooo.... That's nice!  :D

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: 1985JettaTD on June 24, 2004, 11:03:09 pm

has anyone ever transplanted a tdi? what do u do with all the ecu stuff? will it work with the G60 or VR6 ecu or do they even have one? my dad has a 96 Passat TDI and i love the feel of the motor and the power it has, even in the 1200 kg Passat! thanks for the help!

Title: TD almost dead
Post by: BlackTieTD on June 25, 2004, 05:35:39 am

yes ive heard of or seen pics of at least 5 diesel corrados... but only one that i know of in north america. i'm sure there are more.

the 96-97ish TDIs are good candidates for TDI donor engines. the ECU and electrics will all need to be swapped in from the donor, the G60/VR stuff will not be compatible.