1983 Jetta MK1 Turbo Diesel

[dankcorey22]

Ive got the beast running now! Ive rebuild the motor from the ground up new everything except head cast, and block of course ive got a vid if anyone is interested in the diesels ova here. I now have 100 miles on it. just done an oil change
Loud ass turbo Below
VW 1.6 turbo diesel - YouTube
First start 0 Miles on motor here
First start 1.6 TD after rebuilding - YouTube

[evan@absolute]

oh hell yes. It sounds like a mack truck when it whistles up.

[dankcorey22]

You should hear it in person! It really does sound like a semi truck, I getting a exhaust put on it tomorrow

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[JessaBug]

You kept the T3 right?

[dankcorey22]

You kept the T3 right?

Yeah I did! I can only get 13psi of boost at around 3200Rpm with the wastegate blocked off and the dump valve on the intake blocked off to. I think I should be getting more sooner but maybe I'm just used to my VNT on my mk4 ha

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[JessaBug]

Stock is 9psi, which is what we're running. If you want more boost, you'll need a manual boost controller. But much more boost and you'll want an intercooler, if you didn't put one on (I don't remember from your build thread what all you've done). Do you have an EGT gauge?

[evan@absolute]

I think he has the most manual boost controller made. The blockoff plates.

[dankcorey22]

No I didn't put an intercooler on it. But I'm gonna put water/meth injection on it when I turn the fuel up after break in. I do have an EGT gauge my egts dont go over 1200

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[JessaBug]

We're keeping boost levels stock until we figure out an intercooler solution. We kept the AC so it makes things a bit tricky. Still have a few other things to take care of before we go modding the car too, and just bought a house so big ticket things on the car will be on hold for a bit. We're running 9psi, 2.5" exhaust (downpipe and all), Giles IP and injectors. Does really, really well. The exhaust helped things out a lot too. If we push the car hard, we can get EGTs to 1200 or a bit more, but it rarely sees anything close to that. Its nice.

[dankcorey22]

Can you hear your turbo good or is it loud with the 2.5 straight pipe? Cause I cant hear mine with my 2.5" pipe. When it was just the down pipe (in the video) it was loud as hell

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[JessaBug]

We can hear it pretty good. We're not spooling as much, but we do here it whistle as it spools. Sound much improved after swapping out the exhaust from stock to the 2.5".

[dankcorey22]

We can hear it pretty good. We're not spooling as much, but we do here it whistle as it spools. Sound much improved after swapping out the exhaust from stock to the 2.5".

I can hear mine ever so slightly. But I reached15 psi last night! Im surprised it made that much

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[kcfoxie]

I completely wet myself.

[dankcorey22]

I completely wet myself.

Im guessing thats a good thing lol

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