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  • Travis_K

    Aug. 30, 2011 2:55 p.m. Travis_K SuperDork

    http://www.youtube.com/user/MK2DieselGolf#p/a/u/0/BupwRITV9qw

  • DoctorBlade

    Aug. 30, 2011 3:07 p.m. DoctorBlade Dork

    Oh, that looked easy! he got it done in about five minutes!

  • jimbob_racing

    Aug. 30, 2011 3:18 p.m. jimbob_racing Dork

    I'll bet he's done that once or three times before.

  • Ranger50

    Aug. 30, 2011 3:20 p.m. Ranger50 Dork

    Kinda looks like he has started counting on his other hand for all the swaps he has already done. Way too precise at knowing what to do.

  • DukeOfUndersteer

    Aug. 30, 2011 3:25 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork

    those are basically "plug and play" swaps. The 1.8t swap into my GTI is basically the same thing, just a minor bit of fab work.

  • rob_lewis

    Aug. 30, 2011 3:41 p.m. rob_lewis Dork

    So full of win!!

    1) Getting his SO to help
    2) Cleaning up the engine bay before swapping in the new motor
    3) Laying a shirt on the seat to keep it clean
    4) Putting it ALL back together (even the console) and vacuuming it before calling it done
    5) All the tools (from what I could see) there and within reach ready to go

    I agree he's probably done it a few times, but impressive non the less!!

    -Rob

  • Vigo

    Aug. 30, 2011 5:16 p.m. Vigo Dork

    And that's why i like k-cars more than any other fwd platform.. that was MASSIVE amount of work compared to any k-car motor swap ive ever done.

    Id love to be swapping a tdi into a k or l car but im waiting for a smoking deal on a motor.

    Cool vid. It seemed really tedious even condensed to 5 minutes, though.

  • Taiden

    Aug. 30, 2011 5:37 p.m. Taiden Dork

    What's a K car? What's an L car?

  • EvanB

    Aug. 30, 2011 7:12 p.m. EvanB SuperDork

    K car:

  • modernbeat

    Aug. 30, 2011 8:10 p.m. modernbeat Dork

    I like that he also has an M715 in the driveway.

  • Vigo

    Aug. 30, 2011 8:57 p.m. Vigo Dork

    What's a K car? What's an L car?

    Look at the various GRM $20XX challenges and you'll see a wide variety of them over the years. And at least one that i know of running this year.

    I want to get into VWs... I want to TDI swap a dodge, and i want to swap an old beetle to electric.

  • Taiden

    Aug. 30, 2011 9:01 p.m. Taiden Dork

    I want a wrx swapped squareback

  • dculberson

    Aug. 31, 2011 8:57 a.m. dculberson HalfDork

    Taiden wrote:

    I want a wrx swapped squareback

    Best Car Ever. Why haven't I done this yet? Sigh, too many projects, not enough time.

  • Vigo

    Aug. 31, 2011 1:17 p.m. Vigo Dork

    I agree.. excellent idea

 
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