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  1. 05-07-2011, 04:02 PM #1
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    Opinions wanted Mk1 TD

    Should I spend the next few days swapping a 1.6TD from my project car into my daily driver?
    Daily driver is currently a very reliable 1.5D.
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    only if you have all the bits
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    I've got a complete running 1.6TD in a car in the shed. Its unregistered and likely to be for some time. I would like the driveability and economy of the TD motor in the daily. It just means that i will have two demotored red GLDs......
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    Daily also has cabrio swaybars, bilstiens with king springs, cordoba drums/booster, audi 100 calipers and a chrome golf ball gear knob.
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    sounds like fun then!
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    Im currently nuts deep in the same conversion. I got to drive the 1.6td while is was still in a passat and it felt like it had good power. it was definately more powerful than my 1.5 with the Governor mod... and if felt like it has more power to give up as it was choking higher up in the revs like my 1.5 use to.

    It should be a pretty quick turn around as you have everything. Mine is taking me for ages as the engine mount on the passat is different and incorporated the pump bracket... so i had to pull the pump completely off and change the engine mount as well... I cant wait to get up running again...

    Lots of Deiselers in Oz would kill for that engine in am mk1... No use just leaving it on the shelf.
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    Do it! Then tell the rest of us how to. Haha.

    Quote Originally Posted by JustMark View Post
    Im currently nuts deep in the same conversion. I got to drive the 1.6td while is was still in a passat and it felt like it had good power. it was definately more powerful than my 1.5 with the Governor mod... and if felt like it has more power to give up as it was choking higher up in the revs like my 1.5 use to.

    It should be a pretty quick turn around as you have everything. Mine is taking me for ages as the engine mount on the passat is different and incorporated the pump bracket... so i had to pull the pump completely off and change the engine mount as well... I cant wait to get up running again...

    Lots of Deiselers in Oz would kill for that engine in am mk1... No use just leaving it on the shelf.
    Way cool, mate!

    What's this governor mod?

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    yeah agreed, theres no real reason not to do it. Change it and post up the pics
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