supd up DD? anyone?

[Claude]

ok maybe I just havent found it but it seems like most people on here kind of just do the engine swapping and modding on project cars and not their daily driver cars, soo prove me wrong cus i only have one car to ruin and it would be comforting to know that there are others as stupid as I.

[bhazard]

I'll be DDing mine. Cant beat 40+ mpg.

[eurotiva]

Mine has been my DD for 5 years. And when I turboed it, still DD. Then a 4 day weekend it was a b8 turbo and still a DD. Now it's gonna be a bprt and I refuse to drive anything else. I'm thankful I've had Tom's to DD everyday, since mine is in process.


Hope this helps. Mine has always and will always be a dd

[Claude]

lol niice. good to know its been done. hopefully I can get the motor in in a weekend, im going to get all the necessary parts before I even think about renting a hoist and make sure everything goes smoothly, any pointers? im sure I'll be asking again...

[eurotiva]

Read anything you can. Just to let you know 1 week after I installed my b8 I drove on a 2800 mile trip. No issues.......except a broken axle (my fault) at the drags...

[Claude]

were you using the stock tranny or a g series?

[eurotiva]

stock tranny with a spec clutch (the one in Tom's car) Just a hard lauch and some wheel hop. It was an advance auto parts lifetime warranty so it was replaced by the next morning.

[Claude]

niice, well im going with the bp and modding the tranny later on i know i should do the b8 but i found an egt for cheap with nice seats as well and nice rims so im going for it. what kind of clutch was it an exedy? i already bought a new rad 4 an auto, a new gasket+seal set 4 the bp and plugs/wires dis cap, kyb gr2 etc...

[Claude]

and someone on the site has mounts for the swap that theyr gonna hook me up with so that parts taken care of

[Claude]

so ill put the t-stat house from my b3 on the bp to keep the stock hose and after that i know there will be still the VAF, battery and what not like I said i just am gonna get everything I need first. I'll post up a thread if anyones interested and take some pics although I know its been done many times before lol

[eurotiva]

^ use the edit button. You can modify a post upto 30 minutes from when you post it. Sounds like you got it all worked out. You will need a good clutch if you plan on using the gas pedal. lol

Keep us posted and I hope you know that those wheels won't fit without the aspire brake swap.

Just trying to help.

[batstiva]

^^ More pictures of more projects never hurt anybody.
Don't forget, Batstiva was my DD for two years+ bats and all. Not supd up by any means, but still got some priceless looks going down the road.

[sipderdoc]

DD and runing stock...
love my car LOL

[TominMO]

You can get much better mileage out of any car, mainly by how you drive it, and little tricks like taller tires and advancing ignition timing a little. My stock 1.3 5-speed Festy got 58 MPG at a constant 55 MPH for example. And in city-street driving, I used hypermiling techniques to get 50.1 MPG.

[eurotiva]

^^ this guy is about to have a suped up DD