NO NO, Not true. The TD manifold WILL bolt to an ABA head, however there may be clearance issues with the TB placement on the ABA. We usually swap the head to a PF hydraulic 8V head, and use an intake from a rabbit with the turbo diesel manifold. This places the TB right above the turbo discharge, allowing a small "U" pipe to run from Turbo to TB. The stock TD turbo should match the torque curve of the ABA very well, contributing to a supercharged feel. We have had no problems getting 5psi of boost from this turbo in such a swap. I would reccomend staying under 5psi on a stock motor (10.5:1) and no IC. If you want more boost, you need an IC, but even so I would not go above 8psi. We use the Saab 900 ICs from the 84-85 modelyear cars, they work well in A1/A2 cars, Im not sure how well any of this will apply to an A3 chassis. It all works with an A1 tho for sure. Fueling issues are up to you, we like SDS or Digifant for ease of swapping, but Motronic should do OK too with the usual mods. We are about to release a bolt-on plenum for stock ABA intake manifold lower sections, to put the TB up front and give more room behind the motor for turbos. Stay tuned for more info!
Jay www.DSTRacing.4T.com Home of the ULTIMATE sport shift linkages ----- Original Message ----- From: John Caldwell <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:17 AM Subject: Re: MK3 2.0l 8V Turbo > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Mark Reda wrote: > > > I know this is a little off topic. > > A friend of mine has a MK3 2.0l 8V GTI and he had heard that it is possible > > to setup a turbo a 2L 8V using the Turbo Diesel turbo, intake manifold and > > exhaust manifold and all the parts will just 'Bolt On'. > > Does anyone know if this is even possible? > > > > This is not true. I'm not sure that a TDI even uses the same crossflow > head (doubtful) and the turbo will be poorly matched to the car. The flow > map of the turbo will show that it is designed to make peak boost very > low, and top out at about 4000 rpm's- where a diesel stops making power > (due to piston speeds). The intake manifold is not a problem, either... > all the turbo 8v's I've seen use the stock intake manifold. > > You're better off getting a good manifold from ATP, buying or finding a > turbo, and scrounging the rest of the parts you'll need. > > > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
