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So now we have an engine Platform. and a cut up gearbox to work out with as a bellhousing.
Now how can this really work.
well after lots of cutting measuring, welding and nice HD aluminum My custom made bellhousing was born, I had to calculate down to the MM the proper length for minimum engagement into pilot bearing and rear end(6 Speed swap shhhh)
And yay it still works with stock tdi bolt pattern, and starter and clutch and bam ! release bearing and fork... (slave to be adapted)
now... Can i properly wire, provide fuel, and incorporate a TDi system into the 944?
Well let me tell you, i think for a newer but still old tech car the 944 is a perfect car for a swap!
Lets start off here.
1. Pretty much every wiring circuit and or type of management is indipendent..
air bags INDIPendent.
ABS independnent
Engine Independent
AC indpendent.. and so on.
What this means is, well like a lot of other cars, the 944 engine and DME(ecu) harness can be removed from the car and well it maitains pretty much 99% function of everything it has still
So removing the engine wiring was simple, now how much and which parts of the passat wiring should i try to keep and or use...
Well i removed everything... Engine bay, Interior (until B pillars) and threw it all on my downstairs ottoman. Lets just say i probably spent 2 weeks of 3 or 4 hours after work depicting labeling and such of this wiring harness. i finished by having a Interior harness(mandatory controls only) and an engine bay harness(engine relays etc).
I chose to upgrade to the VW cluster for about 100000 reasons... main 2
1. porsche cluster has the worst visibility ever.. its just a bad design, 2 its all old analog basically... and fragile motors crap out, gagues blah blah,
2. well it didnt have a glow plug light ( to me this was important but i dont have a reason why..)
3..... i wanted it to be a nice complete transplant and stand out.
SO i did what needed to be done. i spent numerous hours and hours more deciding where to tap in and what i needed to wire everything to keep the vw stuff independent.
I ended up using i think 2 fuses in the porsche fuse box, 1 additional wired in fuse, and than a little mini fuse box with 3 Maxi bolt on fuses for the VW **** like it sort of had in the stock harness.
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