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Is there a torque setting for the bolt brackets on the engine and transmission?

question, does the 1600 engine go in from below or does it only have to be installed by removing the hood only from the other side

Good job Friend! I will be doing my brothers Caddy in a couple of months.

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What are the plans for that caddy?

@ze_german2921

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580 My brother got the car in a trade, it is White with a Nice paint job, the car is sitting on 15" BBS replica wheels with coilovers and lowering blocks in the rear. It has the original 1.6 54HP natural aspirated but it is to slow to keep up with traffic in the USA so we bought a 2000 Jetta TDI Manual and will transplant it very soon, the plan is to have Air condition as well. We send of the TDI engine harness to S&P performance to get a standalone harness, this will take a few weeks.

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Oo, they do look good in white! Yea, with the little cabin that these have and with a huge window area in contrast to this you would get cooked in the summer heat without a/c. Are you going to take the a/c from the jetta? Or find an original for the mk1?

@ze_german2921

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580 it is a US model and a original A/C car. In the 80’s, VW used to have a Plant in Pennsylvania. Americans will not buy a car without A/C, we have 40C summers every year and high humidity

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Woah, that's so lucky. I don't even think you could option it to have a/c in europe. Is it a bulky external unit that sits under the dash?

Hello. I'm planning a TDI swap in my MK1 Diesel. Could you give me a link from where you bought the engine mounts? And are they plug & play? Thanks

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@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I think you put the engine mount upside down?

We have the same issue with Epytec mounts on 20V VR5 AQN swap, we can't Mount the lower gearbox bracket to the chassis, it's going too much to the passenger side

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what's causing this. Perhaps there is a difference in the dimensions of block castings on some years or something? I mean, apart from the front bracket in the video everything else has fitted perfectly (well apart from the long nuts for the rear gearbox mount). Did you end up cutting and welding it or did you fabricate your own?

Did you hook up the passenger mount? I think that timing belt idler pulley that you cut out space for on your mount is going to interfere with the factory bracket on the side rail. I believe your going to have to remove that pulley to make it work. Hopefully you won't have to. cheers

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes. I did have to cut the bracket on the side rail diagonally in order to clear it. As I am only test fitting and starting it now that will do, but my plan is to cut the original bracket off and make a new one with 5 mm plates and gussets. That way I can clear the idler and keep the strengh needed. (I am going to mention this in part 3 as well.) I must say, you have keen eyes to notice it!

@jameshendrix8217

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580I've never swapped a tdi before but depending on what motor you have , I thought that was an issue. You could always just delete the pulley to make life simple. the gas /petrol 8v only had the manual timing belt tensioner with no extra idler. My plan is to swap a mk2 subframe into my caddy. maybe I'm just dreaming lol.

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

@james hendrix Perhaps that would be possible, I guess in order to get it to work I would need a different style tensioner. Although, the cut has already been made in the bracket so it's already weakened. Doh! I have been thinking in the lines of a subframe as well, would require major modification though. Since the Mk1's wishbones are fastened to an extension of the firewall and frame rails. Tbh, my absolute dream with this project is to 4-motion swap it. The "easiest" way of doing that is to cut out a complete firewall and floor from the donor car and weld it in.

@jameshendrix8217

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580 My caddy has some rot @ the lower firewall where everything bolts up. I have a mk2 golf parts car thats just waiting to be cut up. :) once the mk2 sub frame is mated to the mk1 , I can bolt any corrado or mk3 vr6/g60/2.0l 8v/16v even a tdi in without any mods just like lego.

Fasen va glad jag blev att detta kom upp i mitt flöde :) Håller också på med en caddy mk1 som ska få en ALH monterad :) Dock så är jag bara i planeringsstadiet och håller på att laga rost! Jättebra videos! Kommer garanterat hjälpa mig på vägen! Hur ska du göra med reggning? Går du i samma tankar som jag och sfro regga eller tänkte du chansa och bara regbessa?

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Vad kul! :) Är det väldigt mycket rost som du får dras med? Vad har du för mer planer än själva ALH:n? Tack så mycket! Jag kommer absolut att sfro regga den, vill inte åka runt med ovissheten att den blir olaglig efter en besiktning eller poliskontroll.

@twinkieb3256

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580 den är rätt dålig ja! Köpte den som ett renoveringsobjekt utan motor o låda, håller just nu på att byta tröskel/bit av golvet på ena sidan. Min tanke är väll att montera luftfjädring och byta till corrado g60 bromsar runt om samt 8 eller 9" bromsservo. Om jag förstått de rätt så ska det räcka för att kunna sfro regga den! Men ska kontakta sfro såfort karossen är klar! Garage313 är min ig om du vill kika! Är mitt första riktiga projekt så är mycket att lära!

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Då är det lite ''Trial by Fire'' för dig med ordentlig rostlagning på första projektet. Lycka till! Kommer du att använda lådan som är till ALH:n eller blir det lådan som satt i caddyn? Är också lite inne på luftfjädring, däremot med 4Motion som det nu blir så får vi se. Den borde kunna reggas om med de planer du har. Ett tips är att beställa hem SFRO Bygghandboken, det är flera gånger som jag har funderat på en del planer eller idéer och fått svar på om det är möjligt via den boken. Ska absolut gå in och kika!

@twinkieb3256

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580 kika bra o börja med de värsta först! Men just nu så är jag avis på dig som hittade en bil som va ett ljusår finare än min 😅 Tanken är att flytta över växellådan också! Men de är en gt från början så är 5växlat länkage, vilket underlättar en hel del :) Vore ju hur ball som hellst med 4motion!! Kommer de också från mk4 kaross eller? Tänkte beställa boken när de e dags att börja riva ordentligt i grejjerna :) Insåg att jag skrev fel ig, garage313swe är rätt 😄

Regarding the AC do you really need the bracket on the front? Cant you just loose the front engine mount all together?

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Good point, I was considering either to alter it and have the a/c up by the PAS pump. But then I guess it will be easier to make a new bracket instead, i'll mock something up!

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

@02dag with your second question, are you refering to the front engine mount bolted to the starter motor?

@02dag32

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusapesgarage6580 No I was thinking about the entire front mount and the bracket/reinforcement on the front panel. The engine should rest happily on the two side mounts and the rear mount will it not? Then you will have enough space for the ac. Cause I have really never understood the need for a fourth engine mount on the vw's, and especially on the mk1 and maybe also mk2s with absolutely no support in the front panel. Much better with that reinforcement bar you have there of course. Alternatively, I am sure you can trim a little bit off of the reinforcement bar without making it a lot less sturdy or use washers or small "distancepieces"/sleeves and longer bolts between ac bracket and ac itself. You will probably need something an inch long to clear the reinforcement bar. Great project btw!

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

I belive the fourth mount is because the Mk1 doesn't have a K-frame (which would add alot of strength) and cars with K-frames usually have the engines mounted to it. So to reduce the stress on the side and rear mounts they added the front one. Just my guess but looking at it, it looks so weak in the engine bay. When fitting the engine I also noticed it sagging alot in the front if I lowered the jack. About 10-15 cm lower, that might cause stress on driveshaft joints. I have been playing with two ideas regarding the AC, either cut the reinforcement bar as you suggested or move the AC compressor up to the PAS pump location. This car is so light so PAS isn't really needed. Thank you!

11mm with big turbo and nozzeles could make you 220hp easy on VP TDI ;)

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yea, I want to step over the 200hp mark so badly! But according to forums thats when you need to upgrade it with stronger rods and if i remember correctly the crank is a limiter too. This project has de-railed from the low budget line so many times now, who knows when it will happen next. xD

@BlueMachineOfficielle

3 жыл бұрын

​@@cactusapesgarage6580 I have 264hp on stock AHU engine 3 years of drive and drags and no problem. There are some guys with 380hp on stock bottom and modified head engine. On forums people only talk, but 200hp will not kill such a strong engine. Go ahead my friend !

@ze_german2921

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueMachineOfficielle can the Pump easily be upgraded at home or is this something a Pump specialist has to do? I definitely want to upgrade.

@ze_german2921

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueMachineOfficielle also what turbo do you use? Can you give some details on your setup?

@BlueMachineOfficielle

3 жыл бұрын

@@ze_german2921 Easy to change the head of the TDI-e pump by yourself. I have a mechanical pump build by myself with 12mm, turbo Holset HE211w, nozzles 0.280cc/min and 63,5mm exhaust line.

alh? engine from golf mk4

@cactusapesgarage6580

3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to keep my ALH (from a Caddy mk2), the PD engine in the Golf has a blown headgasket. Plus, my ALH is already fully rebuilt and tuned with nozzles and bigger pump. Will be interesting to see how I can adapt the wiring harness from the PD to the ALH engine.