After much time, effort and money on my last build I finally lost a cam gear and decided that spinning through the traps at 140mph was not for me. I’d much rather have a fun street car that would actually hook and not just roast to 110mph on 18psi on the street. Let’s just say that got old after a while.
I picked up a 2000 a4 and have already begun hacking into it. This thread will be a walk along with me through a build of a 700awhp 1.8t a4.
I’ve parted out my jetta, and sold off the shell. Sad to see it go but its about time.
I picked up a 2000 a4 and am going to pretty much throw everything into that with a whole slew of custom bits to make it to my liking. The car itself is not pretty, but at this point I don’t care.
First thing I did was gather parts from the jetta, and everywhere else to piece this thing together. Putting them all in 1 place makes me realize how dumb I truly am. haha.
Cat 3652’s, cat 3658’s, HTA gt35r, Bullseye s364, log mani, tubular mani, etc.
The car will be running on the autronic sm4 that I had in the jetta, and I’ve already hacked up the OEM engine harness to bits.
This is whats left of it:
That’s pretty much just the cluster stuff – tach, speedo, oil pressure, oil level, starter, clt temp, clt level, alternator exciter, reverse lights etc – Everything else is run off the sm4.
Test fitted the turbo, worked out nicely. Might be stepping up after waterfest, just trying to get it together to go there.
Next is another engine build. it’ll be the usual 1.8 w/headwork again. Nothing fancy.
Just thought I’d start a build thread for you to follow. Show you whats been going on now that I’ve stepped over to a new platform.
