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woah, deja-vu.... :lol: I've just written this reply to you in another thread! :? 16V?!? 8) Woah! 2.0 16VG60DI That's a bit of a gobfull by anyone's reckoning! :lol: 8)

16V?!? 8) Woah! 2.0 16VG60DI That's a bit of a gobfull by anyone's reckoning! :lol: 8) I dunno about satisfying, but 50mpg will satisfy me nicely! :lol:

mk1-corrado, you've not heard her already! :lol: With her toothed pulley and custom exhaust, she wasn't exactly the quietest car in the world last time around... It's quite weird in my Grey corrado 'cos it's well quiet inside it 'cos of all the Dynamat and the fact that it's just generally a quieter engine... but that'll change soon when I swap the engines over! :twisted: :lol:

nope, DO NOT PUT MORE OIL IN! there's a quick way and a proper way. The quick way is to disconnect the main coil lead so that the engine won't fire and then crank it over for a few seconds (20 to 30 should be enough to get the pressure up and the oil into the head) The better way is to take out the spark plugs AND disconnect the coil and fuel pump and crank it over for 30 seconds or so... The reason it's better is that you're putting less strain on the non-lubricated internals (and the starter motor!) by removing the compression in the cylinders. You stop the fuel pump simply so that you don't end up spraying petrol everywhere as the engine turns over so you don't blow yourself up! :lol:

khurrado, I thought it was you that hit a curb and bent the front suspension on his car, sorry if I was mistaken... :oops:

that sounds pretty nasty... :| It's still difficult to tell from that video as the sound is distorted, but it sounds like your little end bearings (the ones in the piston end of the con-rod) have gone or something has gotten inside one of the cylinders like what happened to my engine... As a cheap quick check, make sure that your spark plugs are all in tight and that they're all completely intact and haven't fallen apart... :| Otherwise, you need to get a proper mechanic to have a look at that... :?

don't forget the air-con pump! ;) :lol:

a reasonable gearbox rebuild can be had for about £500... cheaper ones are available, but I wouldn't trust 'em too much to be honest... :|

Geo, yeah, sorry, I did didn't I... :oops: That's the problem with this plan, it's not really got much of a plan to it yet... :roll: :lol:

Geo, that's not a PD engine though is it? AFAIK the pump isn't in the same place on the PD engines and they're fly by wire throttle so I should be able to shift it around a bit to make it fit in the enginebay without getting in the way of the supercharger... ;) 8) chrishill, this is just a plan at the moment... I have no idea if it will come to fruition or not. :? I was gonna keep it quiet and just go for it, but I've had to rethink my finances a bit more than I'd like recently so I decided to ask you lot for opinions and any experience before committing to splashing out this kinda cash... 8) Red=Fast, yeah, I'd work it out using the top RPM that the charger should be subjected to and then work out the ratio for how big (small! ;) ) the pulley should be to make sure that I can't over-rev the charger... At the end of the day, if it doesn't work, I may just be able to plonk the turbo back on and have a PD TDI engine with a little more work... ;)

maybe we should add Vince into the acronyms list! ;) :lol:

Vince = Stealth racing...

it depends on the generation of SNS chip you have... the earlier ones were written to use the 3.5bar FPR, the newer ones don't need it so you should stay with the stock 3bar FPR...

jimsG60, The block is essentially the same as the PG block the G60 uses anyway, so I should be able to use all the standard G60 mounts, alternator (uprated of course!) and engine mounts... (I think I can anyway... anyone know any different?!?) biggerbigneil, I'm interested in all views, so anyone else saying they can't see why it won't work is useful to me... 8) I do know that VAG played with the idea of a 1.6 G60 diesel but found that the turbo was more reliable/cheaper to manufacture so they dumped the idea... :| (I've put this exact same thread up on Dubforce too HERE )

Well, lets hear your thoughts on this probably stupid, drunken idea I dreamed up the other day... :roll: :oops: :twisted: Get hold of a standard (none PD) TDI engine. Throw away the turbo and slam on a G60 charger instead... (or possibly even an Eton or lyshom! ) Fully balance it, lighten the flywheel and uprate the pump and injectors then add in a custom map... 8) Advantages: Cheap and easy to do (if you happen to have a spare G60 charger kicking around ) Normal MKII/MKIII TDI engines can be picked up for next to nothing... BAGS of low down torque Ability to run a stupidly small pulley (by petrol standards) due to the lower redline of the diesel engine Less heat generated than from a Turbo so should run cooler Good fuel economy (gotta be better than a petrol anyway! ) Completely individual 'cos I'd lay good money on no-one having done this before... Dis-advantages: Erm, this is where I need your help... :lol: Is this just a stupid idea, or could it actually create something a little different and quite effective? Any ideas, comments or insults (keep 'em on topic though please! :wink: :lol: ) welcome... 8)

ummm... attaching the photo may help too.... :| PM me if you're stuck on how to do it... 8)

disconnect the battery too else it'll be flatter than a very flat thing when you get back to it... (or buy a trickle charger to keep it topped up...)

please please please tell me that's not white writing on the tyrewall... :roll: Sums it up I feel... :pukeright:

*cough* add some then *cough* ;) :lol:

could be the start of a vacuum leak or a sensor on it's way out... :?

suprisingly Halfords (well, ripspeed anyways) are actually pretty good price wise on Momo stuff... 8)

if you order the part from VAG you'll get the same VDO sender, just with an extra VW stamp on it and a 30% markup on the price... ;) :roll: That looks like the correct sender to me on the VDO site anyway... 8)

CoxyLaad, I'm actually thinking of putting a G60DI in... ;) Think TDI minus turbo + G60... ;) :lol: Should be interesting and somewhat different... 8)

check that there's power to the multiplug which connects to the P/S pump... If there is, then it's your pump, if not then you need to start tracing wires... :|

Louie Lungbubble, depends if both are grabbing and how much... it only takes a small amount of braking force on one wheel to unbalance the car enough to feel it... biggrim, yeah, 20psi will mean that the arse end gets all sloppy and moves around quite a bit more than it should... I take it you don't check the pressures very often?!? :|