sdi transplant advice
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stevetaylor25
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sdi transplant advice
Hi all, bought a mk1 caddy which came with a 1.9sdi, going to put it in van, I was intending to put the 4 speed 1.6 box onto it but the final drive has failed, so I'm looking at the sdi with a 5 speed box and wondering how much modification it would take to mount the engine transversely, split the gearbox and rebuild the dif so it drives the right way. Any thoughts?
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Lots and lots and lots.
No disrespect intended Steve but if you have to ask I would guess its out of your level of competence and if you could find someone willing to do it, it will cost you your soul and kidneys minimum.
No disrespect intended Steve but if you have to ask I would guess its out of your level of competence and if you could find someone willing to do it, it will cost you your soul and kidneys minimum.
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Re: sdi transplant advice
What Elvis said.
If you want a five-speed box, just find a five-speed T25 box.
If you want a five-speed box, just find a five-speed T25 box.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think there is any way to reverse the drive in a transverse gearbox, as the shafts all run parallel to each other, as opposed to a transaxle, where the diff is at 90degs to the output shaft.
In order to reverse the transverse drive you'd have to fit an idler gear in between the output gear and diff crown wheel, which ain't gonna happen as there is no room in the case, and the gears are helically cut so an idler couldn't mesh with both gears at the same time.
If it was that simple, someone would have done it by now.
In order to reverse the transverse drive you'd have to fit an idler gear in between the output gear and diff crown wheel, which ain't gonna happen as there is no room in the case, and the gears are helically cut so an idler couldn't mesh with both gears at the same time.
If it was that simple, someone would have done it by now.
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Few yanks have done it and i guess someone probably has over here.
Dont need to mess about with gearbox, drop the whole lot in 'as is' , have a shuftie on the samba.
Dont need to mess about with gearbox, drop the whole lot in 'as is' , have a shuftie on the samba.
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Elvis, I though a forum was a place to discuss ideas, not to be questioned on ones competency.
Dave thankyou for the input that's the sort of questions I need answers to.
If anyone else has any ideas on this it would be appreciated
Dave thankyou for the input that's the sort of questions I need answers to.
If anyone else has any ideas on this it would be appreciated
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stevetaylor25 wrote:Elvis, I though a forum was a place to discuss ideas, not to be questioned on ones competency.
Dave thankyou for the input that's the sort of questions I need answers to.
If anyone else has any ideas on this it would be appreciated
Re-read Elvis posts in the sober light of day chap, there was no disrespect given or intended as far as I can see.
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stevetaylor25 wrote:Elvis, I though a forum was a place to discuss ideas, not to be questioned on ones competency.
If anyone else has any ideas on this it would be appreciated
Sorry you feel that way chap, i did start my post with an a statement saying no disrespect intended, there genuinely was no swipe at your abilities intended
ELVIS wrote:Lots and lots and lots.
No disrespect intended Steve but if you have to ask I would guess its out of your level of competence and if you could find someone willing to do it, it will cost you your soul and kidneys minimum.
What i am saying is if you have to ask how to do it, dont even think about trying it as it is obviously above your capabilities. To put an engine in transversly with the original gearbox fitted requires MASSIVE amounts of work to the whole chassis/engine bay etc etc, then the driveshafts/Cvs , then the linkage and once you have done all this the wiring is the easy bit!. The whole integrity of the original chassis/shell has to be altered.
If one had an engineering or mechaincal or a keen amateur eye, one would know this and not be asking.
I would also question the choice of gearbox. A gearbox for an SDi will be set up for the car it is intended to be fitted to, saloon or caddy. Now i appreciate Audi upside boxes are in use but the difference in torque produced by engines hung off these and an SDi is worlds apart. When you did the gearing calcs what numbers did you come up with when you punched in SDi ratios?
IF you have the money to invest in such a project to pay someone else to do it then IMHO an SDi it totally the wrong engine to start with. Have driven an unladen new shape caddy with an SDi and they are shockinkly cra7 engines. TDi would be a lot better choice.
Go on TheSamba as i have suggested as i am pretty sure there are a few big buck tranverse engine builds on there.
Once again, sorry as you interpreted my post negatively but i think the saying "If you have to ask, you cant afford it" applies but substitute 'afford' for something more applicable.
stay cool chap