FITTING AN AUDI RS3 ENGINE INTO A SKODA VRS (WIRING EDITION)!! PT.4

[@jakegwilliam]

This series and the last few episodes of Mighty Car Mods have been a VAG fans dream. 🥰

[@sciroccomods]

TR Hamza is doing an r36 scirocco, and then 4wd

[@TNFSDK]

Indeed it has

[@iantaylor620]

I tip my hat to these guys. It's amazing the graft they put in, the money they invest, and the knowledge about these cars is off the scale. Really top quality content.

[@steveholds2844]

Humble mechanic doing his Mk7.5 golf Engine swap

[@rumelahmed4539]

I love vag too.

[@unmountablebootvolume]

In my opinion, include EVERYTHING. This is honestly my favorite project on your channel, mainly because of the technical part. The more, the better, even if it might seem boring.

[@bez750]

I completely agree. To tackle a project like this is awesome. I want to see everything 🤙 he could do a saving salvage 2 channel so we could see the "boring" parts. Like tavarish

[@daevidcrawley6936]

Absolutely - couldn't agree more :) The more technical, the better....love the nittty gritty bits.

[@MarkK-l6x]

Blimey...you're a brave man!!! That wiring spaghetti looks a nightmare, fare play to you for taking this challenge on. Hopefully it all comes together & you'll have an amazing car as a result.

[@matthewrees4449]

This is really quite gripping and the detail is very much part of it. Seeing an engine transplant in near real time is perfect. Keep the technical stuff please Dean.

[@lwebb7]

This project is unreal. Please include all of the technical stuff, its the best part

[@Dadeets]

Never for a moment doubted it would crank. You are thorough in every challenge you face well researched and double check everything you do. It’s truly awe inspiring what you single handedly achieve. Amazing stuff Dean.

[@nevdyer6264]

I hate wiring. I don't understand it at all but I'm glad to see someone does how do you find an interest in so keep doing it

[@spectre750]

Back in the day I did this sort of tinkering but the modern electronics side of things is crazy. My best frankenstein project was putting an M16 "Tickford" turbo engine into a late Rover 820 turbo Vitesse. That presented all sorts of challenges where the flywheel had to be swapped out to keep the Immobiliser happy, the inlet cam had to be swapped over as it drives the distributor and the exhaust manifold had to be modded to accept the "Tickford" turbo, plus a load of other minor bits and bobs. Massive amount of trial and error that produced a car with 20 less standard HP, but the M16 Tickford was good for 280 bhp with very little modification. I ran it at 240 BHP and it was a beast of an 820.

[@shanesc2291]

I’m loving how in depth you go into the wiring and explain it makes video really interesting

[@PaulSimpson-rr9mp]

Loving the technical problem solving.

[@paulballinger7910]

i think listening to you talk about the so called boring stuff is just as interesting as the rest of what you do , love it

[@don911donny9]

Great job Dean. Most people avoid anything to do with the electrics but as long as you approach the changes in a logical fashion, starting with a thorough understanding of both systems, then it becomes so much easier and your chances of success are that much greater.

[@DanielHillman]

I think that you going into the detail about the changing of the pins was great solved a mystery for me atleast, other guys say on there videos how hard and boring wiring is but dont explain why and what they are actually doing, i think making it sound much harder than it maybe, your litle diagram and explanation was perfect explaining how you would re-purpose the RS3 ECU and just stick the Skoda plug into the RS3 ECU but just need to swap some pins so the Skoda interior computer can talk to the RS3 ECU...im not explaining it all that well....but it would be awesome if you keep sharing what pins you have needed to swap out....doesnt need to be everything, pin for pin but would be good to know what you really needed to do to solve some of teh bigger issues, as you go! such a great serious like you said at the start everyone else has done the RS3 to Golf so really cool that your trying something different, hope it all truns out well in the end! I also hear the RS3 diff internals are much stronger so hope your planning on swapping that out as well, and also saw a post somewhere that was showing someone trying to swap a Daza into a Golf maybe and said its easier to just swap out the fuel pump / carrier system form the RS3 instead of trying to re-wire the skoda's to suit in your case.

[@SapphireSamC]

When finished, this will literally be the ideal car/wagon! Powerful, fuel efficient and spacious. Oh, and great looking. Kinda makes me miss my old vRS Octavia estate. Now I’ve a b9 RS4 Avant 2.9 but reckon I’d actually prefer Deans 2.5 vRS3 Octavia. Top work fella 👌

[@FergieGlasgow]

I think the level of detail has been great, enjoyed learning more about the electrical pins!

[@andygj66]

Spot on Dean. This is exactly what I was hoping this video would be. I love content like this, methodically working through a problem. Even though the two engines are both from the VAG stable, I was curious about how much was common or easily adaptable. You answered that for me.

[@ambitiousautos1064]

this is definitely the right kind of stuff to include bud, it just goes to show what exactly is involved these days, in the old days you could basically just get another engine banged in and a few slight modifications, and away you go, but in this day and age, there's just so many tiny differences that ends up makeing a huge amount of more work, 👍👍

[@robsrcjourney970]

Fair play too you mate, I have problems with wiring my stereo and a sub woofer. Normally a trip too H-lf--ds. 😢 Massive credit too you for tackling the cars wiring loom and bcm/ecu etc. 👍

[@matthewwilkes1712]

It's really nice to see you doing all that is. I mean I've learnt so much. I don't think I'd want to try it myself, but it's not good to watch someone else do it and it's working out well. Keep going

[@BennieboyVRS]

Being a Octavia owner I'm really enjoying this series. I think you should include as much as you can Dean especially when it comes to the wiring and pin numbers, useful if any of us out their ever decided to do this conversation... Keep up the good work 👌🏻👌🏻🚙💨

[@alexposegil]

Well done. It's reminding me of when I swapped s RS4 engine into a Passat many moons ago. Simple rewiring/repining and mrc to help with the coding.

[@f1kwa399]

Content just about right, enough for us to grasp what needs to be done to do a swap like this, probably would ask a lot of questions if I was doing the same swap but excellent content from you as usual, thanks, looking forward as always to the next one.

[@AI-Records24]

Absolutely loving this I’m a geek for all the wiring diagrams and stuff the level of satisfaction when you figure it out is second to none! Please make more like this!

[@GaryMoore-nw3gn]

I think this video was bang on, it’s interesting to see the tech part as well as the body fixing part

[@oussamajenhani4963]

You made the most clear rs3 swap video ever

[@sourexpression362]

Awesome watch as always. Make sure you keep keep tabs on ALL your little electrical changes. Take photos of each change. No clue on how you work, and it sounds obvious af, but you definitely don't want to be needlessly backtracking your steps. You seem to know what's what.

[@chrisnahvi2846]

The technical side of things are great please always include them. Most people cut it out and next thing it’s running.

[@TomDavies86]

As someone who’s watched your channel for a long time now, I can say this is right up there as one of my favourite projects. Your skills keep levelling up too. Fair play Dean, keep up the detailed work on this series. Personally I love it. It’s not boring in my eyes 😂

[@darrengarvie8832]

This is a brilliant video and many the time it takes to change engines from different cars is crazy I have been watching mighty car mods swap a VW up engine to a gti up engine from the UK it is mad how different the cars are.

[@sensiblewheels]

19:05 I absolutely want to watch your thought process even if it's a loooong video! But definitely do what's best for the channel! (Just hoping this is). That crank was absolutely beautiful.

[@stephendutton3766]

It looks like you are providing the perfect level of detail. It is very interesting and gives clues at least to thr sorts of problems and fault finding you are having to work through, obviously the fact these are an engine which is fairly modern and a fairly modern skoda body/car are making this both easier and more difficult. Easier in the sense you have been able to find useful documentation but more difficult in that there are so many pins/cables, etc. It looks really cool though and the moments of elation are palpable!!

[@andyh1917]

Honestly full of respect for you Dean. Not a easy challenge at all. You have more patience than me! Enjoyed that you had a more technical element to this vlog. Going forward, i would say, its always good to show some of those aspects but also agree , you don't want a vlog full of you pondering & thinking. Really chuffed it cranked & can't wait for the next part. All the best 👍🏻

[@madern7]

I love the in depth part because I actually learn a lot during these videos.

[@RobbertW2]

Just discovered you and this project 2 days ago and i love it. For me, i love the electronic and computer side of things on modern engine swaps. Every monkey can hang an engine block in a car of the same or similar modular series. Satisfying the electronics and computer is where the real challenge is.

[@andypowles6256]

Well done Dean for having a go at the wiring it would be rocket science for most of us but you found a way through. Keep up the great work I can't wait for this car to start & run.

[@danielrickell7590]

Absolutely love this project, can’t wait to see it up and running

[@bigboy1170]

Great content Dean, balance is just right between explaining and working.

[@mclarenjohnf1]

Loving this Dean as for the wiring it is very educational more so when you can see what you are doing and why. Leave more in.

[@markstanton5882]

Very impressive - I'd burst into tears if faced with that engine

[@neutonrenda2303]

Love your content, just the right amount of technical and mechanical issues you're up against, I find it incredibly interesting with your humour included. Great progress.👍

[@davidstocking1622]

More demanding for you Dean, than us lot watching. Good balance of what, where and how... like you say, difficult to make the thinking time interesting to watch, but I think a lot of us like this sort of content as it breaks up some the usual stuff. I'd love to be confident enough to attempt an engine swap. Would contemplate an RS3 into a transporter and your approach may be very similar. Keep up the great content, looking forward to seeing this start up and run.👍

[@alexjones8296]

Love what you’re doing, Dean. Good balance of explanation and showing how you problem solve. Would like to see you show exactly how you are changing the pins, as I’ve never done that myself. Can’t wait to see this bad boy running.😎❤️

[@carsfromcrash]

I think leave everything in the technical side of things make your videos by far one of the best to watch dean

[@MrHuismeester]

I did not having any clou where all this was about, but that is more my "problem "...it is still very interesting to see of the car will run and the switch was successful ore not ! And my God how complication can it be with all that cables and connectors !! Some people complaining about electric cars, but the cars are already electric .... Love to see that the did crank up for the first time and hopefully the car soon will be running ! Nice video !!

[@danarmstrongmusic]

Great work - love the headaches of pinouts and. rewires. Fascinating

[@GRfourfun]

I went away from your channel because you had so many unfinished projects . This has brought me back, WOW Dean, impressive skills.

[@davidlowe3854]

Content like this is my preference

[@markcfullam]

We're committed Dean, so just include as much as you think is worthwhile. Great vid and interesting info on the pin outs and wiring etc. This is going to be Epic once done!

[@richbatey1908]

Great project -wiring baffles me so fascinated to see how you are swapping it all over . It will make a great conversion as these engines are pretty special. Look forward to seeing it up and running Keep it up Dean 👍👍

[@1954307]

i think the wiring in this episode is great very ecucational we should see more of it...thats were we save money...

[@wilbobagins]

Include everything! 5 hours content a week, I'll watch it all. I'm currently trying to source a Yamaha-Volvo V8 for my XC70 build

[@Nate6874]

Great job Dean, wiring scares the hell out of me so I don't like to tamper. Hat off to you.

[@francisrolls6312]

I think your videos are great as they are ! I wouldn’t change anything mate 👍 good diagrams good information very easy to understand and useful and interesting to watch. I have a Skoda VrS 230 and my mate recommended this channel purely for these episodes. But watched a few and was blown away about the vw golf R estate . I even looked into registering onto co part as I want to do my own work, I’m looking at a cayman 2014 or a 997 911 salvage for my first experience not too bad for my first but got experience in bodywork etc already so should be fine. Will be doing it from home tho wich is not great

[@shamal_dilantha]

you can speedup the tech side mate like a timelapse or something like that. I'm pretty sure it will be interesting too. I'm too hyped up for this build man, and it's amazing to see a crank.wow

[@michaelbritton7030]

Your hours of thinking are certainly paying off. Great job Dean...

[@grotesmurf1]

Another great vid Dean, and you were not the only ones that are shocked, this is going to be an epic car when finished! Keep them vids coming mate, amazing job until now and finding your way in uncharted country...

[@grahamfoster9404]

Nice one Dean, give yourself a big pat on the back for following the electrical drawings and getting it sorted. Interesting for me being a retired electrician ( love this sort of stuff ). Good video as usuall Dean, well done and cheers. Keep em coming mate .

[@Bubu-wy1nb]

Here's me struggling to do an oil change and there's Dean doing a complete engine swap 😅, respect for what you're doing, keep it up.

[@chieffw]

Absolute legend tackling this challenge

[@adrianmeredith6818]

Nice work on the wiring diagnostic so far.... top job...

[@Calvi36]

Just keep doing what you do, that is why we are here Dean.

[@rmha4cab]

Really enjoy the technical parts....... Vehicle wiring harnesses are my nemesis 🤣

[@DjAlexincontrol]

Can you please film the steps of how to get the wirering done and how to get past some of the problems you might run into and how to figure out how to solve them? This is so AWESOME!!

[@marketmalc]

I have to admire your understanding of all the electronic crap. It says something for old school.

[@garrybritton9415]

What a job you've made for yourself fantastic indepth information and thought process well done❤

[@davidroberts4367]

Well done Dean. It’s great to see every tiny step of the process, which is what we would be doing (if we were as brave)! Keep it going and look forward to hearing it start soon

[@ronnierobinson1502]

Just shows ur great at this work, no other people helping and you just get it sorted. love the vids matey

[@classic1989mini]

I like you doing the wiring bit. Takes me back to my electronic days! Nice one

[@Tereza-h5y]

Keep doing this wiring work it shows what you are doing to get it to work, I am very interested in everything you do keep up the great work

[@skvllz0995]

Most definitely include more wiring videos of the build, maybe I’m crazy, but I’m interested to see the process 🔥

[@SapphireSamC]

Was so happy for you when it cranked Dean 👌👌👍

[@paullaw5054]

As always, good content. I prefer longer videos like this one. Wiring and controllers are the dark arts to me on modern cars. So it's good to see you explain pin outs etc. Roll on the next video. Ready when you are Mr C. B Demille.

[@Automotiverecoveryuk]

My first video of yours i watched instantly subscribed very intresting to see technical sides of explaining u definitely have alot of patience and that is key on projects

[@sb-s395]

Like someone else here said, this and MCM’s Up transplant have been top notch YT viewing. Keep at it please.

[@georgedaville4662]

Like your first principles analysis and logic to work out the continuity in the loom. Fascinating stuff, giving a great insight into why there is so much spaghetti attached to modern engines. Upward and onwards mate 👍😎

[@andrewmcqueen6386]

Awesome work man! That's a real ball ache of a job, learning so much myself from the videos. Love when you get all they little wins, gives you that boost to get to the end. Top work!

[@R55LSD]

Personally I love the technical side mate learn a lot from it.

[@gromit1971]

I love wiring. Well done working out all the pins to change. Would give most people a heart attack just looking at that. 👍

[@iainkendall]

Keep it all in. There is a tendency to speed through a project as a channel gets popular. We are here for the nitty gritty.

[@Ashdoingstuff]

The technical aspects are the best parts

[@TheGaryprice]

Another fantastic video, got balls of steel trying that wiring 😂 looking forward to hearing that fire up properly for the first time.👌🏻

[@stefanovichalinov4074]

just include everything, and in this way you keep us more captivated watching. Great job by the way 👍🏼🤟🏽

[@coffeeguy6673]

Deano, you are either mad as a box of frogs or extremely clever, I would opt for the latter ! Hats off to you taking on these incredibly complex challenges !!

[@paulmartin6026]

Very impressive. This was next level dedication.

[@fufflenarnia3886]

Just right for detail and length, spot on!

[@skyll4141]

always nice to see a good old cranky

[@gordonbradford4054]

I thought the video was just right, look forward to the next one. You need to find an RS that has been stuffed in the rear!

[@richardpalmer219]

You are a brave man Dean but fair play I'm wishing you every success with this build

[@rodneymorton3913]

Brilliant video as usual, wouldn't know where to start, very informative

[@jameswilson3573]

Love it Dean, OEM+ engine swaps could be you niche

[@simonfox9163]

Great work Dean, keep the technical stuff IN. It's really interesting! Your skill levels have improved a lot. keep'um coming.👍👍👏👏

[@markmark1469]

Great series. Car will be class when it's done

[@Saavvvv]

We love technical Dean, bring it on 😊

[@kevbrown7137]

Had every confidence in your abilities.... You know your shit thats for sure.... Great build 👌

[@martinverhoeve1372]

Nice video Dean, you did good. Epic moment to hear the car crank. Looking forward to hear the car run.

[@WilliamStevens007]

Thats some progress, And I like the wiring side of things, As it makes you think anything is possible within reason.

[@kevinwhittaker1307]

Great progress Dean, well done. Looking forward to the first start-up. 👌👍

[@electrician1602]

I’d happily watch 2 hours of that. I was interested in how the cables were terminated (later saw they were lugged), when you are confident of solid termination into the connector, what you do if the wire is short (later saw it stretched to its new location) etc. How many colours of wire are there in a car like this? Is there only 1 blue wire in the entire car or is there only one blue wire in any given loom? Love this project.

[@chefluvfood]

Whe you cranked it Dean you were like Dr Frankenstein "Its Alive!!" great content as always keep up looking forward to seeing it run & drive.👌👍🚀

[@danstewart8218]

This is what everyone else is saying, you might think its boring...tho going through wiring pin outs by yourself scratching your head is what actually gets things going...yes we will watch ...its this information that will help someone get their own car going when the 'right' part...doesn't...;D