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1) how much do you want to spend on the labor or your own time? there's always opportunity cost.
2) how much fuel are you saving?
3) will your VW / Audi setup actually last that long without problem to save you that much labor and part cost?
Seriously things like this can be fun but never about saving money, it typically will never happen. Why don't you look for a Highlander and just call it a day if you want reliable and non domestic off roader?
2) how much fuel are you saving?
3) will your VW / Audi setup actually last that long without problem to save you that much labor and part cost?
Seriously things like this can be fun but never about saving money, it typically will never happen. Why don't you look for a Highlander and just call it a day if you want reliable and non domestic off roader?
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You have no idea what you're getting yourself into, No small feat to turbocharge an existing NA engine/vehicle without a bolt-on kit.....You want to engine swap a FWD engine into a RWD chassis & Turbocharge it?
I did engine swaps & performance trans building almost exclusively for 15 years (Through the LSx swap bubble)....Most folks can't afford a simple LSx swap into a older 2wd Chevy/GMC truck.
Why not I once installed a small block Chevy with a Alcohol fed 671 blower in a 1960 MGA . Then there was my other project 1967 Olds 442 with a complete Tornado drive train making the 442 a rear engine monster .
Lighten up on this guys dreams ! I know no one ever did my projects so he may be the first to do his?
Lighten up on this guys dreams ! I know no one ever did my projects so he may be the first to do his?
He's not crazy, he's just mad. The username should have tipped you off.
But only a madman knows the pleasure in being mad.
I’d just slap a turbo or supercharger onto a 3.6…. They take well to boost in stock form. ~360hp and ~340lb ft at the wheels of an otherwise completely stock Wrangler is respectable.
This illustrates the true nature of the situation.
why not just slap a couple of dana 44’s under an old beetle?
I have to agree about that 5cyl VW sound. Sounds like a V10. Had a Audi GT coupe with the 5CYL. That was a sweet motor.
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My picture above your post was exactly that.
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Same for the Honda 5 cylinder in the Acura Vigor
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The odessey does not see rpms above 2,000 , so a thick oil is not a good idea in it, maybe a 5w30 or 5w40 but 5w20 has been working since brand new.Vw Jetta 2011 2.5 - 15w40 (totaled ): ) , Vw Jetta 2014 2.0 - 15w40 , 2020 toyota camry - 20w50 , Honda odessey 2006 - 5w20, Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf E - 10w30 Motul VW 501.00 spec, still in warranty.
^^Looking at your sig I see you're a thickie. How come a thin W-20 in the Oddy?
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Yep, I can only use jeep wrangler transmission, though mating it into the transmission will be a big challenge
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So, on a scale from 1-10, how well would you rank your expertise, experience and history of executing projects of this nature? With 1 being you've never done an engine swap period and 10 being you've done multiple engine swaps using equipment from different OEM's, including transitions from traverse to longitudinal and vice versa?
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an 8 , I put a ls1 engine into my dads old toyota sienna, couldnt do it traverse, so it was longitudinal, we had cut out the hood and the front bumper to fit this engine in, along with also making it rwd with a junk yard rear wheel drive axle.
I helped my buddy put a bmw i6 in his chevy too.
Please post some pictures of this beast.
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I don't have pictures on my computer or phone, I will see if I have them laying around my house , this was 3 years ago when we did this.
Hmm.
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I'd like to see pics as well, not saying it didn't happen, but this IS the internet.
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