[Vwdiesel] Caddy breathes and sticks to the road

[Nate Wall]

Interesting, the 04 Jetta Wagon is made in Germany?
How is the build quality? I have an 04 Jetta TDI
sedan. Its made in Mexico and it apears that the build
quality is lower than my '85 Jetta TD that was made in
Germany.

--Nate
--- 82 Diesel Westy <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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