Stephenmacleod Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Just out of curiosity, has anyone here got a pd130 swapped lupo or arosa? Assuming the easiest to convert would be a 1.4 tdi as I believe that is a trimmed down pd100. I also assume youd have to use the box from the tdi. Is a pd130 too heavy for a lupo? I assume with regards to ecu youd probably use the 1.9 setup. Was thinking of ditching the SDI at the new mot time and considering an up! For fuel economy but there again a pd130 easily gets 50 to the gallon and in a 1 tonne car will have a lot more poke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) I havent but intend to. I have (or had) a PD150 lined up for this reason but sadly didnt get it before the lockdown has made it pretty much impossible for now. Driveshafts and probably a bit of chassis leg trimming will be the biggest headache, probably worth going wide track using GTI bottom joints as well but i am only guessing, i was going to use my black tdi wreck for the trial fit before chopping anything about on another lupo. You need the N75 stuff for the turbo and might need some engine loom as well. gearbox use a 5 speeder from a suitable TDI with decent ratios. Later PDs use different ecu so stick to the earlier ones on same ecu type as the diesel lupos to avoid extra hassles. Edited March 30, 2020 by Sausage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 @battlebus has in effect turned an SDI into a PD130... Don't forget that the SDI is nothing more than the 1.9 diesel engine without a turbo and a shorter crank. Same weight, better economy, less power. Lower insurance. You can run it on the 085 gearbox, but I'd advise a full box rebuild every 50k miles (and CV joints). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenmacleod Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 hours ago, mk2 said: @battlebus has in effect turned an SDI into a PD130... Don't forget that the SDI is nothing more than the 1.9 diesel engine without a turbo and a shorter crank. Same weight, better economy, less power. Lower insurance. You can run it on the 085 gearbox, but I'd advise a full box rebuild every 50k miles (and CV joints). I'm assuming hes basically bolted a pd130 turbo and all the work that goes along with that then? I wouldn't really bother with mine, it's not particularly a clean car (no major rot just its red and has a couple of battle scars) I'd probably want a mint black lupo or grey/blue arosa for that particular swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 The quickest and least painful way to do it, I think, would be to get an existing PD130, along with ecu, loom and sensors. Then all you need to do is swap over all the bits. I'd say maybe a couple of weekends would do it. If you really want to be clever, you could keep the same SDI block (keeping your engine number), so no-one would notice anything for insurance reasons. So you'd get a PDI 120, as the crank strokes to 1.7L, not 1.9... More than enough power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 There's a thread somewhere that I put up about a converted Arosa tdi, which I looked at last summer, sold now but there was a fair bit of detail on the thread, went like sh1te off a shovel too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 1:54 PM, mk2 said: @battlebus has in effect turned an SDI into a PD130... Don't forget that the SDI is nothing more than the 1.9 diesel engine without a turbo and a shorter crank. Same weight, better economy, less power. Lower insurance. You can run it on the 085 gearbox, but I'd advise a full box rebuild every 50k miles (and CV joints). You'd need the corresponding ECU as well right, or something like a megasquirt? The SDI ECU is an older iteration of the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAN@ADRIAN FLUX Posted April 10, 2020 Report Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hi. If you need any help with insurance for this type of conversion then please feel free to drop me a line. Regards, Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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