1980 Diesel Rabbit tdi swap

TDI swapped 1980 Rabbit. Alh, TDI, Volkswagen Rabbit, s-pautomotive.com, frog pod camera mounts, www.frogpodarmy.com vw golf, vw rabbit, diesel, roll coal, blue, GoPro.

[@jpsautomotive]

Awesome VW Rabbit, following along for your good documentation on the Alh swap!

[@redhicks]

i have dailyed a mk4 alh for about 8 years now. I love that car...cannot wait to swap another alh into my mk1 rabbit pickup.

[@JunkVWs]

really enjoyed the story. awesome rabbit. that blue interior just pops 🤩

[@Leesvw]

Bummer you like the blue.. I just put in a set of black recaro’s.

[@JunkVWs]

@@Leesvw 😅 whatever works. I thought my brown interior was cool, but still swapped it to all black

[@Leesvw]

@@JunkVWs these seats I got are beautiful. I couldn’t resist.

[@jimlee7317]

My 03 ALH Jetta is incredible; in the video you said it's not as good as a 2020, but I would never ever trade my 370,000 mi ALH Jetta for anything newer than 2007.

[@Leesvw]

Dang that’s a lot of miles!!!

[@jimlee7317]

@@Leesvw I compression tested it before having the injection pump rebuilt and it has 505lbs of compression on all 4 cylinders and less than 4% leak down. Doesn't burn a drop of oil, my goal is 1,000,000 miles, and by the health of it right I'm on track to get there.

[@Leesvw]

That is so cool!

[@kevinniemeyer3365]

I think its bad ass wish I could find one enjoy

[@Admin-bd9bp]

Cool channel! Subscribed! 😎

[@Leesvw]

Awesome thank you!

[@gerrypiccirillo651]

Really enjoyed cool man!!!😂😂

[@edstababy]

Cool car i have a couple cars and trucks always wanted to do alh swap but i keep putting in aaz engines. Maybe one day ill buy the nice s&p parts and do an actual alh tdi.

[@user-rm3cn7pz8b]

Awesome build! To make this work from a junk yard motor- assuming I have to pull everything as far as the ecu harness or did you make most of it?

[@Leesvw]

I purchased an ecu and harness from s-pautomotive.com hes got everything you need for this swap. All you need is a good motor if you don’t want to get it from him.

[@rabbitgti652]

You should try the mk3 tdi ctn transmission. I think those gears would be better suited for your 13” wheels vrs the factory mk4 one with 15” taller tire setup.

[@Leesvw]

How do I tell what trans I have? Mine is from a tdi. Also I’m running 15” wheels.

[@rabbitgti652]

@@Leesvw I’m guessing it came from your doner car. There should be a 3 letter code on the top part of the transmission. It’s like a small flat area 1”x2”. Then you can just google Vw tranny codes and you’ll find your transmission. Sounds like it was reving high on the freeway in your video.

[@Leesvw]

Hey @rabbitgti652 I finally looked at the trans. I have a EUH code trans. I’m going to start looking into it now.

[@ds-fe2oi]

what did you use for piping from the turbo to the intercooler? I'm stumped.

[@Leesvw]

Just rubber turbo piping and aluminum. You can find it on Amazon or cartek.

[@mxamumt]

The radiator is awesome! How does it preform? Does it heat soak? Could you do multiple pulls? Looks like you have enough room for a condenser up front!!

[@Leesvw]

It works great. I haven’t run it in the dead of summer yet. To tell if it heat soaks. I can multiple pulls until I blew it up lol. I have a condenser up front. Just need to do the rest of the AC parts.

[@mxamumt]

@@Leesvw What condenser did you end up using? DId you have to fab up mounts for it? Good luck getting it going again, worth it.

[@Leesvw]

@@mxamumt I bought the stock one for an 03 alh.

[@mxamumt]

@@Leesvw Awesome. It fit under the core support? How did you fasten it down? If you felt like it and the car was around/nearby a video or photos talking about your experience installing it or driving it would be neat!! Subbed.

[@Leesvw]

@@mxamumt I’ve been recording my progress pulling the engine to put in another one. I’ll shoot tue radiator bits when I get to that point. Thanks for the subscription!

[@jimlee7317]

You didn't mention what happened to the engine at the end did it really blow up? You have any idea what happened?

[@Leesvw]

The rod came off the crank and made a hole in the block. I don’t know why it happened. The engine is still sitting on the stand. I haven’t torn into it yet. I suspect it was my right foot that caused it.

[@jimlee7317]

@@LeesvwI would love to know what I could do to keep that from happening. Revving high? What boost were you running? I hope I'm not asking too many questions.

[@Leesvw]

Not to many questions. It’s all good. I don’t have a boost gauge but I’m running the vnt 17 turbo and a stage 4 Malone tune with .216 injectors. I did a burnout the day before and I think I over did it.

[@braydenables8685]

seatbelt in my 82 pickup does the same thing lmk if u figure it out

[@Leesvw]

Sorry it took so long to reply. I took my belt out and soaked it in soapy water for a bit. Then agitated it in the water pulled it out and let it dry overnight. Then I sprayed the belt with a furniture polish like endust or pledge. Works perfect now. You reminded me I need to do the rest of the belts in the car.

[@antlocal80]

Dig the radiator

[@mikeponseigo931]

What size tires you running?

[@Leesvw]

Hey Mike, Thanks for the comment. Currently I have 185/55r15.. Let me know if you have any more questions.

[@jeffsmith6857]

First!

[@shelliecarlson7015]

Aw, that sucks a$$ man!