battlebus Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Hi, Thought id add a thread to show the progress so far and plans for the future. This is a 1.7 sdi and i have had it for ages as a daily. The colour was where we started and once my wife decided she preferred the golf gtd i started to use it. I have a T5 camper and didn't want to daily it anymore so out came the tools. I fitted coilovers, the gti front hubs/calipers and renewed and refurbed the brakes. Its had a few cosmetic bits on the outside and a GTi bonnet which i stripped to bare ali one day this summer and kinda like it now. aside from this the rest has been maintenance clutch bearings etc but reckon for a little cars with 60 hp its pretty good fun. The future of the car is less certain as i am about to start cranking up the stakes. With a mate we reckon we can double the power. Turbo, injectors, loom and few other bits and lets see. Edited March 21, 2019 by battlebus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Very nice indeed, watch the torque curve closely as those gearboxes are weak at the best of times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 From looking at the failure mode on them, the gears and shafts are fine. The housing also can take the torque. It's the bearings that give up as they're just teeny weeny little things. Usually caused by yellow metal in the oil getting trapped in the bearing rollers, causing pitting, then failure. Or leaky input selector shaft seal, low oil level, causing needle roller bearing cage inside gear 5 melting (made of plastic). Or syncros being forced as clutch not being fully disengaged- caused by broken pedal box (the most common reason). Lots of metal in the oil leading to bearing failure. Again. The 085 box is based on tried and tested old mk1/mk2 golf design. Only thing that changed is the oil, to bring down the friction. So they used thinner oil. Not good. Good for economy, but not endurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, mk2 said: From looking at the failure mode on them, the gears and shafts are fine. The housing also can take the torque. It's the bearings that give up as they're just teeny weeny little things. Usually caused by yellow metal in the oil getting trapped in the bearing rollers, causing pitting, then failure. Or leaky input selector shaft seal, low oil level, causing needle roller bearing cage inside gear 5 melting (made of plastic). Or syncros being forced as clutch not being fully disengaged- caused by broken pedal box (the most common reason). Lots of metal in the oil leading to bearing failure. Again. The 085 box is based on tried and tested old mk1/mk2 golf design. Only thing that changed is the oil, to bring down the friction. So they used thinner oil. Not good. Good for economy, but not endurance. Thought it looked like the 020 box. same size? could be cheap swap for better ratios down the line too 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 4:52 PM, battlebus said: Thought it looked like the 020 box. same size? could be cheap swap for better ratios down the line too 🤔 The 020 'box is very different in appearance to an 085, you can spot them by the green circular plate that sits on the side covering the release bearing etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 We are up and running Modified Volvo V70 inlet, Passat GT1749V turbo reclocked and an AFN exhaust manifold All running and buttoned up just got a few tweaks to do on maps and sensors clutch was tired anyway so slips when prodded so need an upgrade, anyone know of a 190mm upgraded kits they can recommend? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) Nice. So jealous. 👍🏻 I knew this was possible. There's so much space around the back of the lump. Those are awfully long compressed air ducts. You could dump the inlet manifold as you don't need tuned rams to help reduce the volume. Or maybe ???? completely dump the intercooler. It might be laggy. That's a fair volume that needs to be pressurised. But experimentation is key here. Keep us up to date with your progress. Great work! clutch... Personally I'd keep it stock. You want it to give up before the transmission which will give you a reasonable safety margin. There'll be a huge amount of torque. A lot. Loads. When you map it, I'd tune for power instead of torque. The biggest weakpoints are (you already know) the gearbox bearings and the CV joints. Especially LHS outer. The mk1 diesel clutch driven plate will fit, but you need to grind off a little material on the flywheel side, on the splined centre. I don't think there's a pressure plate out there with a stronger spring, with the same flywheel fitment. Might be able to swap to a 1.9 flywheel and bigger clutch -but- I dunno if that'll fit the 085 box. oh, delete the breather fumes sucking into the turbine. Just my personal hate..... Edited March 14, 2019 by mk2 Clarity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I have a spare TDI intercooler I will never use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 Noice! What you doing for the VNT? You remapping the SDI ECU or swapped it for something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 12:56 PM, Sausage said: Noice! What you doing for the VNT? You remapping the SDI ECU or swapped it for something else? Standard EDC15VM+ Lupo ecu flashed with new software Got the torque dialled back so the clutch copes for now and Nathan the guy responsible for the work and expertise has got a plan to get a bigger, better clutch assembly sorted. I have ordered a second hand flywheel and clutch assembly for measurements and mock up so hopefully we will come up with a solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Would TDi stuff fit in the 085 bell housing? from a brief look at pics of SDI flywheel it looks same mounting and if diameter is same then good to go probably. Depending on clutch clearance. Lupo TDI Flywheel is offset balanced for the 3 pot engine so you would get some vibration if you used one and is 220mm clutch, G60 is 228mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 4 hours ago, battlebus said: Standard EDC15VM+ Lupo ecu flashed with new software Got the torque dialled back so the clutch copes for now and Nathan the guy responsible for the work and expertise has got a plan to get a bigger, better clutch assembly sorted. I have ordered a second hand flywheel and clutch assembly for measurements and mock up so hopefully we will come up with a solution Being the short stroke 1.7 crank, I'm very interested to know what the power curve is like, still using stock cam (i'm guessing)? Is it quite revvy like a petrol or just like the stock tdi? How did you deal with the injection timing? The pump and injectors are good to about 190hp ish. But like you say, if that torque is dialled back a bit to move the power higher up, it'll be a very drivable car. Nice and progressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 On 3/16/2019 at 10:28 AM, Sausage said: Would TDi stuff fit in the 085 bell housing? from a brief look at pics of SDI flywheel it looks same mounting and if diameter is same then good to go probably. Depending on clutch clearance. Lupo TDI Flywheel is offset balanced for the 3 pot engine so you would get some vibration if you used one and is 220mm clutch, G60 is 228mm. Plan is once the other flywheel and clutch is here tomorrow we can compare to other stuff laying about and make a bigger version in the same space. Mk2 gti is 210mm so may work too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 On 3/16/2019 at 1:29 PM, mk2 said: Being the short stroke 1.7 crank, I'm very interested to know what the power curve is like, still using stock cam (i'm guessing)? Is it quite revvy like a petrol or just like the stock tdi? How did you deal with the injection timing? The pump and injectors are good to about 190hp ish. But like you say, if that torque is dialled back a bit to move the power higher up, it'll be a very drivable car. Nice and progressive. It is nice and revy, we will get a curve plotted once we are happy with the drivetrain I think. its got more on the top than a 3pot tdi but similar to my 20. 16v tdi in my mk5 golf. As far as I know we changed the injector nozzles in the stock bodies then mapped the stock ecu. Its all a bit of an experiment but the first few drives are very pleasing. has totally transformed the SDI and even the idle is smoother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 What nozzles are you running? I've messed with some 0.190mm (bigger than 0.170 stock) but didn't make a noticable difference other than lots more smoke. Had more fuel, but needs more air. Are you running stock 5 hole injectors? You can get 7 hole ones from the US. I'd love to know how they make such small holes. Curious that the idle is smoother with bigger nozzles. Did you inject later, like at +2 TDC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, mk2 said: What nozzles are you running? I've messed with some 0.190mm (bigger than 0.170 stock) but didn't make a noticable difference other than lots more smoke. Had more fuel, but needs more air. Are you running stock 5 hole injectors? You can get 7 hole ones from the US. I'd love to know how they make such small holes. Curious that the idle is smoother with bigger nozzles. Did you inject later, like at +2 TDC? Gonna be honest dude I have a mate who is the brain when it comes to diesel tuning. Nathan at Resto Classics in Hastings, he did the tune and fitted the nozzles to the factory bodies I will ask him tomorrow about he size and timing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 8:08 PM, mk2 said: Are you running stock 5 hole injectors? You can get 7 hole ones from the US. I'd love to know how they make such small holes. EDM, very clever how they get them so accurate though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 They must use teeny tiny little brass whiskers to do the spark eroding. And being such a tiny whisker, the currents must be low, which means it must take ages to make each hole. When you look under a microscope at the holes, the bores are smooth and shiney, so they must ream them out after eroding??? Still find it amazing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Well we got another second hand flywheel and clutch assembly to have a play with but we also have a 1.9 tdi box we are gonna see if that will fit. This will tackle the clutch and the gearbox strength issues and give us slightly better ratios too. Long way to go but should have a great fun, fast and super expensive Lupo SDi turbo that doesn't shred the drivetrain by summer. Do any of you know if this has been done in the uk? or further afield, would love to know if we are the only loons ;0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) small block vs large block bellhousing patterns I think, unless the SDI box is some special b@stardisation of the two. But you may as well stick a TDI (ALH etc) in or else a 1.9 SDI and turbo that (if turboing an SDI is the main objective) then you can have stronger gearboxes. But now something is reminding me that the 1.7 SDI uses the 1.9 block with short crank so maybe the TDI boxes will go straight on. For ratios you want the EXB Lupo box ideally, there are plenty of boxes with ratios about 10% shorter if you can live with that, if you want longer ratios then 02R JDD. Edited March 21, 2019 by Sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Sausage said: small block vs large block bellhousing patterns I think, unless the SDI box is some special lovely personisation of the two. I wouldn't rule this one out oddly enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Swear filter is so bloody @n@l on here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Rich said: I wouldn't rule this one out oddly enough It must use the 085 stud pattern though as people put wrong 085s in their SDIs dont they? Edited March 21, 2019 by Sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebus Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Sausage said: . But now something is reminding me that the 1.7 SDI uses the 1.9 block with short crank so maybe the TDI boxes will go straight on. For ratios you want the EXB Lupo box ideally, there are plenty of boxes with ratios about 10% shorter if you can live with that, if you want longer ratios then 02R JDD. Yeah the 1.7 has 1.9 on the block so we are thinking it should work, more measuring but as Nathan says the only way we will know is if we get it up in the hole and try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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