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Fuel Check
Wiring Check
Bellhousing(sort of) Check
subframe.... hmmm
okay time to get busy, ( honestly by this time i had already removed and completely rebuilt my BHW from ground up... A-Z rings, bearings hone cylinders new injector seals the works.
So i got to cutting and making some space, lets just say by the time i got the engine in what would be a rough idea where it needed to go.. there wasnt much left.. and well height became an issue...
Which meant engine has to go lower, and angled and yay more complications !
I eventually clocked the engine at a similar angle to its stock position in the passat.
So i started by making side mounts for the control arms(built into subframe) and well went from there, if i had a basis that i could built mounts and or such off of that would be good, so those were fabbed up. all in house, yea i might not be 100% square or what not but as long as there was adjustability i could pretty much correct it down the road yay!
further on engine was mounted hurrah! now to figure out a lot of unknowns...
PLumbing... Coolant, Intercooler... steering? Ac? Oil...
Ill start simple NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE, yup thats pretty much what worked from how it was !
1. coolant nothing works as is.. first off all or most of the passat coolant lines or piping was quick connects YUK and yuk, hard brittle plastic no thanks so that all went out the door.
2, intercooler, well for those that know what a 944 turbo is, well it actually has a nice front mount(top area) intercooler perfect to use since i have one or two laying around ! Bam, actually very simple ish to plumb but for now not an issue ish.
3. steering well this car had power steering but forget that... space work. cost no thanks, I actually resorted to a manual steering, very common, but out of a 924 not the 944. for my own reasons(simply put the mounting design, and MUCH MUCH CHEAPER !)
4. AC... well i wont lie it is and still is a dream to maybe incorporate functional AC into this car and honestly it is doable, just a lot of fab work and costs which im not ready to dig into until i have tested this car for quite some time to deem it worthy as i barely use AC as it is in my other cars(yes we get +30' C but who cares...)
And last but not least... 5. OIL.. well let me just say yuk yuk and yikes the stock passat oil cooler is huge, unneccessary for my application and ugly ! So here is 1 spot where i actually cheated and bought a TDI block off external oil cooler plate availble through IMED? or whatever his ID is. It was costly but clean and well it made a lot simpler things.( honestly if i choose to chase a different design for parts of my setup down the road i could probably use the stock cooler/filter housing but im not complaining regardless)
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