1950? S-10 tdi

[6DoF]

stock would ramp in the boost and RIGHT at peak RPM it would hit 16psi for like 1sec. mine was tuned to basically 18psi all the time. the only smoke from mine was a bad PCV that would fill the intercooler with oil. then when i'd get to ripping on it she'd suck that oil up into the intake. had an oil separator on it for a while, but was too much trouble to empty it that often. so instead i just stopped changing the oil and added some now and then. haha

[6DoF]

do you have any plans to build the motor at all? i did a bunch of research and was just about to build my ALH for 300hp before it went in the '55 ... then the 12V fell in my lap.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Looking good...Jim

Thanks Jim

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Nice progress....theses all sorts of room for activities in that engine bay.
I feel your pain on the wiring. I have been wiring mine for what seems like weeks.

Marc

Wiring does seem to take forever. Yes total contrast to my other trucks engine bay.

Originally Posted by 6DoF

when i was building my 02 WV Golf TDI, i found a junkyard in The Netherlands (yes, in Europe) that was really good. it was cheaper for me to buy a complete 5spd transmission swap kit from him and ship it over-seas than buy anything local. i also ended up buying a complete custom tuned ECU shipped cheaper than anyone in the US would tune mine. had him send me the bigger AFN injectors with it. just his tune and injectors made that car super fun.

http://www.dutchautoparts.com/index.php

i always worked with Franz, great dude. TONS of great feedback from everyone who uses them. but they can be slow to reply and respond, gotta have patients.

I'll look him up. All of the parts, adaptors and tune I use are Canadian which is nice.

Originally Posted by vintovka

When your done you may pull up at stoplight and cars around you will be looking for a VW !!

Ha that will be great

Originally Posted by Tempest67

hopefully not like this??

No I hope not!!

Originally Posted by 6DoF

stock would ramp in the boost and RIGHT at peak RPM it would hit 16psi for like 1sec. mine was tuned to basically 18psi all the time. the only smoke from mine was a bad PCV that would fill the intercooler with oil. then when i'd get to ripping on it she'd suck that oil up into the intake. had an oil separator on it for a while, but was too much trouble to empty it that often. so instead i just stopped changing the oil and added some now and then. haha

This one should work well with the setup I've got together. My Jeeps ALH runs 20psi all the way through this one has a different but bit bigger turbo.

Originally Posted by 6DoF

do you have any plans to build the motor at all? i did a bunch of research and was just about to build my ALH for 300hp before it went in the '55 ... then the 12V fell in my lap.

Stock internals are more than enough for even stage 3 which is what I'm thinking I will run. 140whp and 240wtq. I'll have to do injectors tho. I run a stage 2 in my Jeep and it pulls great, not like a 12V tho.

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Stock internals are more than enough ...

but it's just so entertaining to say "block girdle" ... why not need one?

[lower50's]

Yes it is.
Today I got the front end hanging on it's own, front clip body mounts are tacked in. I need to do a bunch more work to the inner fenders before I can take them off to clean and paint.

[lower50's]

On the weekend I got the cold side of the intake put together. Then put in a crossmember and bumper supports. 2x4 1/8" then 2x2 1/4", I added a lower brace but forgot to take picture. The bumper is the tow truck bumper that came with this truck it is 1/4" thick it will never dent that's for sure. It is now sitting at what will be ride height, bumper at 7" and running boards will be at 6".

[61_FL_Apache]

Great build!

[6DoF]

awwww ... no MTDI conversion?!?!

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 61_FL_Apache

Great build!

Thank you

Originally Posted by 6DoF

awwww ... no MTDI conversion?!?!

Ya I thought about that.

[lower50's]

I have been working on the wiring getting things terminated. Motor wiring is in and hooked up, so much neater. Also running the wires under the dash, it's all coming together. I never thought I would end up with 8 relays.

[youngrodder]

Looks good. Wiring neatly sure does chew up time.
I'm running the same nostalgic shifter. I need to switch it over yet. I have been using a regular one for mock up.

Marc

[lower50's]

You got that right.

[61_FL_Apache]

Looks like CJ gives his stamp of approval!

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 61_FL_Apache

Looks like CJ gives his stamp of approval!

Yes I think so he sniffed the entire thing twice over lol

[lower50's]

So test fit went well, changed the mounting a little and made my brackets to install the fan. It is back to the rad shop for them to finish up and paint. A few more little goodies came in the mail still waiting on the intercooler.

[6DoF]

wait, what are they painting it? the whole thing? why paint that pretty thing?

[lower50's]

Ya they paint it black with a special paint to dissipate heat better and stop the copper from turning green.

[lower50's]

Well some parts arrived I have been waiting on. I ordered the inter cooler mid January, mid February it got turned around at the border? and sent back to supplier. So I ordered another one from a different place and it showed up today The door seals I ordered December 7 and they showed up on Tuesday. Nothing like taking 4 months to get here, lets hope the seals work better than the ones on my other truck.

[6DoF]

that intercooler is like 3x the factory jobbie, should be great

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

that intercooler is like 3x the factory jobbie, should be great

That's the idea. I have a similar size intercooler in my Jeep and seems to work well.

[lower50's]

Well I'm finally back on the truck, spent 3 weeks helping my son work on his Jeep CJ6 it's almost ready for the road.
I got the intercooler mounted up used some of the packaging to help mock it up and the pipes run. It's going to work really nice.

[6DoF]

i was so weirded out by the pipe going all the way across the engine bay ... then remembered it wasn't a crossflow head. at least you got room!

[61_FL_Apache]

Like the Jeep CJ6.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

i was so weirded out by the pipe going all the way across the engine bay ... then remembered it wasn't a crossflow head. at least you got room!

Ya lol I will be making the pipe a bit more shinny.

Originally Posted by 61_FL_Apache

Like the Jeep CJ6.

It's cool eh

[lower50's]

Took the front clip apart to finish up a few things before the front end goes to get blasted. Now you can see the bumper support and front cross member.