[Vwdiesel] Caddy breathes and sticks to the road

[82 Diesel Westy]

Sound like a very nice motor Hayden.  I did not know
VW was re-instroducing the Passat with TDI PD motor
this year.  Smart on thier part, they will sell.
The Jetta Wagon is a step down in price but all 04
TDI's are GLS interior and I went for the extra 1k to
do the heated leather seats.

Aside from a few body/interior creaks, the car is
great and made right along side the Passats at the
Wolfsburg factory.

Bryan


--- Hayden Chasteen <dieseltdi at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Just did a bit more tweaking to the caddy this
> weekend and tonight.  
> First on Saturday, I had a 2 1/4" exhaust system
> from the downpipe back 
> added.  I opted for a straight through glass pack
> instead of a turbo 
> muffler but it is not loud at all, just a low
> rumble.  I had them 
> straighten the path as much as possible so no the
> exhaust pipe exists 
> out under the rear bumper.   This really allows the
> turbo to spool up 
> much quicker and my son says that you can even hear
> it when I get on it 
> going down the street.  On one really hard fast run
> on the highway, I 
> even bumped the wastegate open at a bit over 10
> psi., sounded kind of 
> funny.  The large pipe has also allowed the EGTs to
> come down a bit and 
> cool off much faster after a full throttle run. 
> Then tonight I added a 
> front stabilizer bar from an 87 Scirocco.  I had to
> reroute the brake 
> lines and the fuel lines to get it on but it sure
> makes a difference in 
> the handling.  I will need to crawl back under later
> to zip tie and 
> cushion  the lines a bit for protection.  Next will
> be to relocate the 
> battery and mount the SAAB intercooler and fan. 
> Then things can get 
> interesting.  BTW despite what I posted last week,
> we still haven't 
> received our Passat TDI yet.  It is at the port and
> I have a VIN but so 
> far, VW has not released any of them for delivery
> yet.  Don't know the 
> problem and neither does the dealer. It has been in
> at the port since 
> 3/22.  Oh well, it will get here when it gets here. 
> hayden
> 
> Visit my website at 
> www.home.earthlink.net/~dieseltdi
> Proud owner of:
> 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 16 valve, 134 HP, 247
> lbs/ft of torque, Blue 
> Graphite, Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP on
> the truck and on the 
> way to me!   :^)
> 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust,
> K&N Filter, propane 
> dual fuel system, 109K+ miles, and running
> biodiesel)
> 1981 Rabbit Pickup ( with a freshly rebuilt turbo
> engine), Will burn 
> biodiesel and WVO with a propane injection system.
> One, yet to be finished, Caddy trailer (the back end
> of the truck that 
> gave its life to my just completed Rabbit Pickup).
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11
> Beetles total), to 
> Vans (5), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1), Jettas (5),
> Passat (1), Dasher 
> (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now
> gone but not 
> forgotten.
> 
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