dana wrote:i hate to be blunt, but fuck the 10vt.
dana wrote:i hate to be blunt, but fuck the 10vt. Not worth the effort of installing one when a 20vt is very marginally more at this point. You could get an urq with a 3b in europe. It can be made very period correct.
Driggs wrote:dana wrote:i hate to be blunt, but fuck the 10vt. Not worth the effort of installing one when a 20vt is very marginally more at this point. You could get an urq with a 3b in europe. It can be made very period correct.
Please send me examples where I can pick up a running 20vt for 500-750. Because at most anytime you can get a running mc1/mc2 for less than a grand.. i very rarely ever see running 20v's that arent beat to shit for less than 2 grand. having an entire car is the best way to do the swap too as you can get it running perfect then swap EVERYTHING over that you need.. instead of finding little parts here or there.
dana wrote:Driggs wrote:dana wrote:i hate to be blunt, but fuck the 10vt. Not worth the effort of installing one when a 20vt is very marginally more at this point. You could get an urq with a 3b in europe. It can be made very period correct.
Please send me examples where I can pick up a running 20vt for 500-750. Because at most anytime you can get a running mc1/mc2 for less than a grand.. i very rarely ever see running 20v's that arent beat to shit for less than 2 grand. having an entire car is the best way to do the swap too as you can get it running perfect then swap EVERYTHING over that you need.. instead of finding little parts here or there.
once the swap is all said and done, what percentage of the overall project is the cost of the engine? $500 is basically nothing in the scope of an old audi resto mod project.
However, I have bought a running but crappy urs4 for $500, a 200 20vt for $300 that had a blown clutch, and another with a blown ball joint for $500. These were all on the local VT craigslist finds. I also bought a complete 20vt swap with harness and ecu for one of my cars for $700 off audifans.
May I suggest an automated craiglist search that will alert you when something in your desired distance appears that fits your search criteria, or use a CL search engine like searchtempest.com.
Anyways, no judgement from me for any engine swap anyone cares to do. Clearly this is not a practical hobby, if it were we would all be buying new kias. I did a TDI swap. Probably one of the worst possible "bang for the buck" engine swaps ever. I could have built a 500whp 20vt for what I have into the car.
However, from the way I see things, I would never bother with a 10vt when the extra cost of a 20vt is an accounting error, and the 10vt offers nothing over the 20vt in ease, reliability, power or economy.
chaloux wrote:What is that coolant? Looks like mud lol
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