I've seen this rig sitting at the same auto repair shop for years. Finally called them up and inquired on it. Turns out that it had severe rod knocking, previous owner ran it very low on oil and it gave up the ghost. 120k on it, no rust, all original, sunbleached interior, auto tranny. The owner of the shop purchased it off the previous owner when she got the bad news of the motor. He had plans to swap a motor in it and sell it, but never got around to it. Long story short, he told me to come get it for $400 since no one has ever ask about it until I called.
Doing some internet trolling I found lots of swap ideas, but I would rather not spend too much cash. By too much, I mean $3k+. Any opinions? The tdi swap sounds super juicy. Not really interested in the vortex. I would rather keep the tranny and TC. Could I get her running with a hybrid swap for under a grand? Should I just source another 2.6l, live with a very straight-forward swap, and enjoy it?
Although I have done motor swaps before, I've never done a hybrid swap and this sounds like fun. Maybe too much to bite off with a tdi swap? $400 for this rig sounds too good to pass up!
Doing some internet trolling I found lots of swap ideas, but I would rather not spend too much cash. By too much, I mean $3k+. Any opinions? The tdi swap sounds super juicy. Not really interested in the vortex. I would rather keep the tranny and TC. Could I get her running with a hybrid swap for under a grand? Should I just source another 2.6l, live with a very straight-forward swap, and enjoy it?
Although I have done motor swaps before, I've never done a hybrid swap and this sounds like fun. Maybe too much to bite off with a tdi swap? $400 for this rig sounds too good to pass up!