My 1.8t CQ - 2 engines later....

[audicoupe2.3]

Are the motor mounts are not plug and play?

[Bowie69]

Sounding very sweet now, when's it going on the road?

[dspl1236]

Are the motor mounts are not plug and play?

Yes I think there are mounts that could be used from like an audi 80 competition or something along those line. I could be wrong, but I do believe you need to mod those as well. I honesty did not even attempt to track down oem 058 block mounts. I will be watching them closely via a gopro in the next 2 weeks as I get it on the road.

I ran into a title issue as well. The previous owner had so many 20v's he gave me the title to a b3 20v sedan. I just realized about 2 weeks ago the vin didn't seem right on the title when I was going to get temporary plates. The correct title is in the mail now.

[Val]

Are the motor mounts are not plug and play?

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?1774571

[dspl1236]

UPdates!

I keep killing 15yr old throttle bodies...so I am adapting to a newer bigger vr6 one.

carbon fiber pla
















Put a few miles on the 'ol lady the last 2 days!

[dspl1236]

[zafra]

good work man, all think in do this proyect, you do it!

[Kieron20V]

Looking good, what's happening to the throttle bodies? Are those led bulbs any good?

[irishs2]

Very cool, is cf pla much stronger than standard pla ?

[dspl1236]

Thanks guys!

I am not sure what was up with all the throttle bodies...but now looking back... I may have been having issues with my old "VWTool" software and cheap obd2 cable doing the adaptation. I threw away all the stock throttles and cannot test them on the new cable. I have since bought real vagcom/vcds have had no issues.

I am currently running a '98 MkIII ABA throttle body as my buddy has the vr6 one and my PLA prototypes to make me a billet one. I discovered the CF PLA adapter worked great...but after the engine is shut off for a few hours and heat soaks the intake manifold...the CF PLA warps causing a massive leak. If I used ABS on my prototype it may have been just fine. I also think if i had an intake spacer the heat soak would be as bad either...but the CF PLA while running prevented heat soak into the throttle. Throttle was always cool to touch. I might still make an ABS one to try out.

The CF PLA feels stronger, feel more solid. I am using it from now on on all my test parts.

Those LED bulbs are kinda weak. Also the autocheck says the high beams are burned out....needs more resistance I assume. I have a new H4 set coming and have a new 30w 2000 lumen per bulb H7 set to try in my GLI. I installed this same set but as an h4 in my buddies car and he loves them, pretty bright.

H7 set

[dspl1236]

[dspl1236]

Made a catch can from some donated scraps.

[dspl1236]

Added an OBD2 port finally

[Ruffiano]

It is nice having an obd2 port and an ecu that you can log data with.

Is that radiator keeping the temps down enough? What did you do for a coolant sensor? Mine runs to the stock dash but reads like an A4 when warmed up (gauge needle is vertical).

[gavs20v]

Out of interest couldn't you have used oem mounts from the n/a 1.8 20v b4 cabriolets ?

Or are they different ?

Great project

Gav