hey guys i'm new here, i don;t drive a honda but i visit this site daily, lots of good stuff and info over here so i thought i'd post pics of my turbo jetta, i built this car with my own hands
it was an automatic that ran 17.5 then added nitrous and ran a 15.3 then blew the motor, changed to a 5spd and turboed
it's a 99 jetta 2.0
here are the specs:
97 motor, ACN tranny out of 86 golf
match ported head and intake manifold
garret t3 turbo 50 trim
ATP manifold and DP
HKS SSQV BOV
ATP custom chip
310cc injectors
Spearco FMIC
lightened and balanced flywheel
ABD short shift kit
ARP headstuds
double headgasket for 8.5:1 compression

once all tuned and dailed in the car will run 13-15psi, my goal is 275-300crank hp
keep in mind my motor is only an 8v, so they are hard to get power from

over the summer b4 the chip and injectors with lowered compression with the old setup it ran a best of 14.9 @ 7psi with no traction, keep in mind the car ran 16.7 b/c the turbo

my goal next summer is 13.5
enjoy
the hood is c/f but hard to tell in the pic



my new seat, a christmas present for my lady

 

Bad ***....But 14.9 W/7psi

 

you have to understand it's a vw it's an 8 valve motor, they don;t flow for **** the car runs 17.5 stock

 

v dubs look complicated
nice setup though

 

lol the motors are actually really simple, honda motors look complicated to me
the thing that sucks about vws is there aren't many parts for them, lots of stuff have to be custom, and the turbo is behind the motor so fitment is another problem, i will be going to a t3/t4 this spring which i have to beat the firewall to fit it

 

What kind of chip are you runnin? Typically, an aftermaket chip advances timing too much to work well with FI- maybe that's why the Nitrous blew.

Nice setup, but loose the wiper

 

i'm running a Turbo chip made by ATP who makes turbo kits for VWs the chip is specially made for my motor and the bigger injectors

 

looks good and keep up the good work.

 

Nice. How hard was it to change from auto to manual? I'm trying to help my buddy with his jetta, but parts are really hard to find.

 

nice set-up. my friend is a die-hard vw guy. he's on the vortex all the time.

2001 2.0 auto, converted to 1.8t manual. running the atp kit with t3/t4. car is a beast but he's sending the atp chip back. it's causing the car to run too rich.

 

boosted jetta, welcome to honda tech, im the same person on vortex. i would say teh general turbo info around here is much better than vortex, and this forum moves, later



and i thought my FMIC was big, but when i started to see all these big *** ac/civic IC, i was like whoa!!! i feel to inferior around a type 28 greddy, like the one i'll be putting on b18flip's


[Modified by evoeone, 3:50 PM 1/9/2003]

 

i know vw motors, dont make as much compared to a lot of hondas on here, but a lot of VW's will dyno about 250 whp and 300 torque, and a honda will make 300whp and 250 torque, why??? even though you guys have a longer rev range. just curious? and why the sooo big IC's and T's? are they really necessary? i know obviously they are for big power and great psi #'s and pressures

 

parts are pretty easy to find i went to a junk yard and ot everything i needed minus the tranny for about $300

 

i put a ATP turbo kit on a 97 jetta, i will never do one again, the kit didnt fit worth a ****, piping was hella weak. ill stick to working on hondas, LOL

 

red x

 

Me too!!

I am from Portland as well. I want to see the pics

 

yes they dont flow for **** but you can make anything fast.....here follow the link to my old setup in my 8v... there are a few people on this board that can atest to it.... http://users.snip.net/~str8g/next.htm. has gone 138. will see this year want to make a few passes with the 8v and then put in the 16v by march....will see..hehe

 

Welcome.
Your car reminds me of a VW Rabbit (AKA "the wabbit") that used to frequent the track I work at. I used to love that little car. Nobody ever anticipated the beat downs it handed out! It was gutted (but looked stock) with turbo and nitrous; ran mid 11s.
...loved to watch that car run. V8s never knew what was coming.

 

mang what are you trying to do in here with your VW?? this is honda-tech?? hahah im just kiding mang looks good

 

ehhh

 

looks good but seems you have spent alot of money on it.
will the tranny hold up w/ the added power?

why not get the GTI 1.8t, chip it and add exhaust and it will be faster then ur car now.

 

 

 

no my current tranny will not hold up, i blew the diff out of my last one, i will be building one over the winter that will hold up though

 

could have been worse, could have had a cis-e setup instead of a computer controlling injection ...

why not upgrade the head to a 1.8T head on your 2 liter block ?

use the 4K tranny out of the 84 rabbit gti and the jetta will fly ...

greg