Author Topic: aaz into a mk1 cabrio build (Read 56784 times)

giulianot · « **Reply #60 on:** January 10, 2008, 08:09:17 am »

Quote from: "cal"

Quote from: "giulianot"

I know how you feel! as for the wiring loom I stripped everything to do with the gas engine management, computer , coil, and harness. the power wire that went to the coil now goes to the i.p. solenoid. the tach wire that went to the coil now goes to the w of the alternator. I added a push button in the cabin and a relay under the hood for the glow plugs. Oil pres and temp gauges are the same! :wink: if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask and good luck with your swap

sorry i may seem like an idiot here but what do you mean by an i.p. solenoid? did you just connect the origional tach wire straight to the altenator without modifying the tach then?

I.P. = injector pump sorry for being such a lazy typer

I had to remove the cluster and mod my gasser tach to work on the alternator's w signal. The FAQ section has a realy good wright up on how to.

cal · « **Reply #61 on:** January 10, 2008, 02:22:51 pm »

lo sorry for asking so many questions but how did you calibrate the tach to read properly?

giulianot · « **Reply #62 on:** January 10, 2008, 06:28:24 pm »

fine tune calibration requires a function generator and a Osciliscope, but if you dont have all that you can turn the thim potentometer on the circuit board, while the cluster is pluged into the car at what you KNOW is idle. + or - a 100 rpm is better than no tach

cal · « **Reply #63 on:** January 10, 2008, 06:51:55 pm »

i've got a friend who's got an osciliscope so i guess i could work it out from that reading alone?

giulianot · « **Reply #64 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:28:13 pm »

Success ! =) the cabby runs again! The head was installed this morning and torqued down to 75ft-lbs. The car runs really well now, it has no overheating issues at the preset time. I do notice that the temps start to creep up under long hard pulls. here are some pics

rockin the 14" bbs

lower a arm brace installed

Rockin the 14" snowflakes with gislavad snow tires

3 vdubs in 1 shot, 2 cabbys

foxracer1 · « **Reply #65 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:44:38 pm »

Damn who roosted the bug?

giulianot · « **Reply #66 on:** January 15, 2008, 10:15:03 pm »

Thats the wife's 01 beetle tdi w/ technine chip, 215 injectors, no cat. It goes like snot!. Today i wanted to see how my cabby aaz/t3 would fair against the beetle, so i challenged the wifey to a friendly race and........ no challenge what so ever, the cabby pulled on the beetle in every gear :twisted: I never had to use WOT and never boosted past 16 psi

I love this car

giulianot · « **Reply #67 on:** January 21, 2008, 01:26:44 pm »

I just completed my fist tank of fuel today, so 50L of diesel bought me 625 km which equal 8L/100kms. Not too bad considering i was not driving conservatively and the motor isnt broken in yet. Power is good through the rpm band and the turbo is at full boost (23 psi ) at 1800 rpms I also noticed that on long hard pulls the motor tends over heat slightly. I think im going to have to install a front mount oil cooler and get rid of the oil to water heat exchanger or run a larger rad :twisted:

giulianot · « **Reply #68 on:** January 23, 2008, 03:54:29 pm »

Well the motor is dead ! the #2 crank cap came unscrewed, fell of spun round and put a hole the size of my fist through the block on piston #1 just above the oil pan

Now can i put the blame squarely on the engine builder? More updates to come soon.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #69 on:** January 23, 2008, 03:56:39 pm »

Wow that really sucks man, this was a beautiful build, I hope you keep going with it

giulianot · « **Reply #70 on:** January 23, 2008, 04:02:01 pm »

what such even more is that it still runs fine, dosent sound like anythings wrong, other than the fact that there is a gaping hole in the side of the block

burn_your_money · « **Reply #71 on:** January 23, 2008, 04:28:21 pm »

So you have a 1.4 TD?

giulianot · « **Reply #72 on:** January 23, 2008, 08:20:45 pm »

All the connecting rods are fine it performs like a 1.9l td with a hole in it :cry: I suspect the crank cap bolts were not replaced during the over haul of the short block and the old stretch bolts were reused causing the #2 cap to come loose get caught on counterbalance of the crank and spit it out the side of my block :x :cry:

giulianot · « **Reply #73 on:** January 24, 2008, 10:08:23 am »

here are some pics of the damage caused by not installing new crank cap bolts :cry:

burn_your_money · « **Reply #74 on:** January 24, 2008, 03:42:49 pm »

ouch :shock:

JB weld it up