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• Truckdoza is finished! by Darth Garry on 16 Jun, 2009 18:41
• Yep, it's finally done.  Been in the shop for 4 months, and spent... well, more than I should have. 
  
  In a nutshell:
  
  Powdercoated all suspension
  Polyurethane bushings all around
  Air bags in the back
  Air horn
  Compressor
  Towing receiver
  55W halogen reverse lights
  Rewire entire dashboard
  Rewire entire engine bay
  3" stainless exhaust and Downpipe with V band clamp
  New intercooler plumbing
  Custom radiator with dual low profile fans
  Delete expansion tank
  Move fuel filter into fender
  Move horn into fender
  Cruise Control & Tach
  New gauges in interior
  New stereo mount
  Air pressure gauges
  Switches to control compressor, bags, and airhorn
  MK2 height adjustable seats
  Push fog lights back
  polish alternator, valve cover, intercooler plumbing, injection pump lda
  Powdercoated any other engine tin we could get off
  
  Okay now the pics:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I love that last shot, what a beautiful thing.  The family is back together   Yeah the Jetta is a TDI, I named him "Rudy" after our mutual idol - Rudolph Diesel!
  
  Garry
• #1 by gldgti on 16 Jun, 2009 18:55
• wow looks like you've done a nice job.
  
  so is it turnkey finished or just all-back-together?
  
  looks like you have a 1.6 but running low mounted turbo? also, let us know how your IC setup goes.
  
  
• #2 by hamradio on 16 Jun, 2009 19:07
• Wow, that looks extremely nice.  Great work!
  
  
  What is this powdercoated thing bolted to the transmission?
  
  
• #3 by Darth Garry on 16 Jun, 2009 19:14
• I'm driving the sucker now.  Motor is 95% complete, just need to tweak the fueling and address a small oil seep coming from somewhere in there.
  
  The "thing" bolted to the transmission is the intercooler.  It's kind of like the old school callaway intercooler, mounted beneath, with a scoop built into the duckbill spoiler that pushes air into it.  It's not crazy hardcore, but it made quite a difference, especially on the highway.  Lowered EGT, fuel mileage went up, overall a good thing.
  
  Garry
• #4 by rabbitman on 16 Jun, 2009 19:25
• Nice work
• #5 by cyrus #1 on 16 Jun, 2009 19:42
• Very nice work!  Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? 
• #6 by lovinthedeez on 16 Jun, 2009 21:18
• holy j christ......how loud are all those horns....
  looks amazing....did you do all the work?
• #7 by mystery3 on 16 Jun, 2009 22:23
• What radiator are you running?
  
  Looks like my truck except 10,000,000,000,000 times cleaner!
• #8 by 79rabbit4dr on 17 Jun, 2009 00:18
• MMMmmmmmm.... nice sleeeeeeper. that'll kick some ace!
  
  nicely done!!!! 
• #9 by MRDART on 17 Jun, 2009 01:10
• Really nice hope to here some numbers later on tq and hp?? getting it dynoed??
  Exhaust looks extremely proffessional.... like it alot...
  brgds the swede.
• #10 by Darth Garry on 17 Jun, 2009 04:26
• Yeah I love it when a plan comes together.
  
  Radiator is this:  http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/51960/10002/-1
  
  Warning though - unless you're a proficient aluminum TIG welder, would not recommend.  WE probably have 2 days of messing with it to get it to fit, mounted, fans, radiator hoses to fit, etc.
  
  The horns are LOUD, supposed to be 153 DB, but I don't think they're quite that loud, but still loud enough to be heard from 1/2 mile away!
  
  I did about half the work, all the interior work, some of the electrical, most of the design, and some of the fabrication, and all the grunt work (polishing, sanding, cleaning, running around, ordering crap).  The heavy fabrication work, exhaust, and electrical stuff my brother in law helped me out with.  He owns a shop called Inline Performance (www.inlineperformance.net) in upstate NY.  Very reasonable and amazing quality of work.
  
  Garry
• #11 by arb on 17 Jun, 2009 05:20
• AWESOME !!!  I need horns like that too. Detroit can be brutal to drive in rush hour.
• #12 by katakura silk on 17 Jun, 2009 13:55
• Very Very Very Great!
• #13 by macka on 17 Jun, 2009 19:30
• Quote from: arb on 17 Jun, 2009 05:20

  AWESOME !!!  I need horns like that too. Detroit can be brutal to drive in rush hour.
  

  
  Tell me about it, just getting from the ford freeway to I75 made me want to run over a lot of cars when I worked for a car parts carrier out of windsor.
• #14 by rallydiesel on 17 Jun, 2009 19:45
• Nice Snowflakes.