Hi peeps,

Just thinking about it at the minute, due to my pickup having a running issue that I can't resolve (maybe another thread).

Just wondering on the pro's/con's of doing a PD swap? I would be using a complete donor car so would have everything, engine, 'box, linkages, loom, ecu, turbo, ancilliaries, clocks and fuel pump etc.

If someone has tried and it's deffinately a no no then i'll rethink, but if it's a not tried or there are problems I may be able to overcome then I may give it a go.

Not bought a donor yet so pd115 and pd150 are options also.

 

Discuss :wonder:

Guess I'm on my own on this one then... :/

apologies, i must have missed this topic, yes i think a pd engine will go in there, but it is fraught with problems you would need to solve, it requires an amount of chopping and welding to make it work

 

i cant log into my photobucket page from here so i cant show you what you need to see, but i will do it when i get home later.

this is the way i transplanted the 1.8T into mine, to all intents and purposes the engine is broadlty the same as a 1.9pd unit, this is not the only way to do it, nor am i suggesting its the best way to do it either.. this is the passenger side (gearbox side) mounting, i cut the oem mounting off the body, then chopped out a space for the mk4 golf mountings, then plated it all up

 

drivers side (engine side)

 

top pic, notch out the bottom of the chassis rail, bottom pic spacer between mounting and gearbox

 

there was a lot of other work involving converting the felicia pedal box for hydraulic clutch operation, packaging the intercooler is a nightmare too becuase it simply isn't designed for it, plus both of the driveshafts were custom made

 

 

Great, thanks for the info. It's nothing I haven't done before in one form or another (vr6 mk2 golf, 1.8t haldex 4wd corrado amongst others).

As soon as my octavia is mobile again I might have a bash.