Thinking about making my own TDI
 

Around my area VW TDI's are spendy, I found some local prices on transmissions and engines. And if I find a cheap donor body I should be able to make a car with aroudn 70k on it for about $6k, one of my vw tech friends will help me, what do you think?

What are you using for a donor body? Also how much for the engine, trans and miscellaneous items needed to get it up and running. $6k seems like a stretch, I just bought a high mileage used TDI engine at work for a customer and it was $3600, without the trans or any wiring, pumps, or stuff.

The 1.9 TDI's can put out 250hp and 400 ft.lbs.
Of course, I have no idea how long it would last making that kind of power.
I'd rather, build a super-light gocart, and see how much gas milage I could get.
...probably as high as 90mpg.

Wow how many cars are you going to own?



Oh ya and sounds like a good idea :thumbsup:

Looka here http://forums.tdiclub.com/postlist.p...rd=V6TDIPassat

^^good link

yeah, dont forget the ECU and the fancy fuel system too... it probably wont be as cheap as you'd hoped

Well I talked to my buddy that is a vw mechanic and he said there is only 3 things I would need.
1. Engine
2. Transmission or just the 5th gear from a tdi transmission
3. Wiring harness
He said its an easy swap, I found an engine about an hour away for $1600 and a transmission in chicago for about $800, i'm yet to locate a wiring harness. If I get a jetta or a golf with the 2.0 and stick my friend will take both and do the swap for free.

Does the engine come with all the appropriate electronics, especially including the electronic turbo stuff?
If so, you'd think he'd have a wiring harness.