jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
Ha I don't want those kind of headaches
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Engine swap
- Thread starter chrismc1000
- Start date
mwoodski
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Not Fancy CT, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 Golf SW 4mo
this has to be a troll account.
put a b16 in it.
put a b16 in it.
kyLman
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf
D16 lol
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
If you are going to do it, then a MK2 for sure. More room in the engine bay and way lighter car than the MK7.
How dare you, don't you even think about it! That's sacrilegious and VW will ban you for life!!!
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
All LS blocks are the same external dimension, so idk why you’d be after a 4.8 or want a 4Lanything since they’re junk.
We 6.0LS swapped a BRZ, and it fits fine but all the wiring is still left and that’s the part everyone hates. It’s my buddies car I just assisted with & it’ll be cool when it’s done.
Mk2 drag car I’d build a tube chassis w/four link and drop the body over it. Just comes down to being up for that extensive of a build fabrication wise. If you can’t do the fab work yourself it’ll be a very expensive endeavor.
We 6.0LS swapped a BRZ, and it fits fine but all the wiring is still left and that’s the part everyone hates. It’s my buddies car I just assisted with & it’ll be cool when it’s done.
Mk2 drag car I’d build a tube chassis w/four link and drop the body over it. Just comes down to being up for that extensive of a build fabrication wise. If you can’t do the fab work yourself it’ll be a very expensive endeavor.
1.9 tdi block with 2.0 tsi crank and billet girdle makes a super solid short block with long rods/tall deck. Not sure if this guy blew his engine running a 7.55 pass but he has run in 7s range for years.
chrismc1000
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Tennessee
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI, 01 WS6
4.8/5.3 are the exact same aside from the crank both are very capable engines and can hold over 1000hp with minimal mods and ease. They are cheap how ever the most important factor with the 4.8L that we have is... it was free lol so
. If we were to actually build it right and spend a lot of money for all the good parts from start to finish we would be going with an aftermarket block and nothing would be oem gm parts lol
FSTSNAL
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Sacramento
- Car(s)
- 2019 DVP Spektrum R
Only swaps I have seen are Daza or vr6. If I ever decide to do a Daza swap I know one person who did it on his own in his garage got the coding done by copying it from someone who had their swap done by innovative motor sports
chrismc1000
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Tennessee
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI, 01 WS6
I can't even find vr6 swap kits for the mk7.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
Nobody makes a kit that I’m aware of, VR6 & DAZA are offered in other MQB cars so is just a matter of sourcing OEM parts & coding.
Over simplified by saying “just”, since you basically need a whole donor car.
FSTSNAL
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Sacramento
- Car(s)
- 2019 DVP Spektrum R
Yes. Parts from other cars, repinning a bunch of harnesses so correct items wire into the gateway, ecu, etc and a ton of recoding.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Keep Trollin Trollin Trollin Trollin WHAT?
Another for my ignore list.
Another for my ignore list.
CoryJo
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Hanford. CA
- Car(s)
- mk7 gti autobahn pp
i got to the point, where i looked at the posts in their entirety, and i just.. i .. ignored.
there are off the shelf kits for the "complicated" part, i.e. the custom bellhousing/flywheel. but the rest is just 150 hours of re-wiring and having someone fab up a custom downpipe, tho jake can tell you no one's going to offer that off the shelf for the 5 people that would ever buy one.