dohcdelsol93
snoogans
Donor is a 2004 or 2005 passat with 2.0 BHW turbo diesel. I have 3 of these. My daily driver is a 2005 that I converted to 5 speed. The other 2 have bad automatic transmissions which is why my DD is now 5 speed. I originally got these cars to use the motors in a diesel conversion boat project but I ended up just buying a diesel boat. The little lady insists I do something with them so I bought home this 4 runner.
The balance shaft delete is a must. I can go into detail if needed. My passat wagon is @ 3000 lbs and has the stage 2 tune so makes approx 170 up and 300 ft lbs of torque. I really like the passat but having owned a 60 and 40 as diesel swapped daily driver rigs in the past I miss having a fuel sipping 4x4. My passat nets 43mpgs highway and 35 mpgs around town. I expect about 30 mpgs in 4 runner.
The 4 runner was a v6 automatic I believe. Has 33x12.5s on it, plan on sticking with it. Still need to verify my gearing.
I plan on some 2.5 rear leaf springs in the back and ball joint spacer list in front with diff drop. I will be adding a 2 inch body lift to help with clearance of the swap.
Custom bumpers and sliders are a must. Hard top will go. Much of the passat creature comforts will go into the 4 runner. Heated seats, cruise control, air conditioning. The ecu can be set up for stand alone and the immobilizer will be deactivated. That being said I will be using as much of the passat as possible in the 4 runnner. I hope to swap in the monsoon stereo system and if possibly trim the dash to fit. I feel like a soft top is a must have along with a custom roof rack.
We will see how the w56 holds up. This project will take some time so i will update as I go.
Might be post Christmas before I start ordering parts. First up is rebuilding the brake system so I can have a driver stop this thing as i need to push it around. Right now I have a BHW to pull and a blown up 22re to start removing.
The balance shaft delete is a must. I can go into detail if needed. My passat wagon is @ 3000 lbs and has the stage 2 tune so makes approx 170 up and 300 ft lbs of torque. I really like the passat but having owned a 60 and 40 as diesel swapped daily driver rigs in the past I miss having a fuel sipping 4x4. My passat nets 43mpgs highway and 35 mpgs around town. I expect about 30 mpgs in 4 runner.
The 4 runner was a v6 automatic I believe. Has 33x12.5s on it, plan on sticking with it. Still need to verify my gearing.
I plan on some 2.5 rear leaf springs in the back and ball joint spacer list in front with diff drop. I will be adding a 2 inch body lift to help with clearance of the swap.
Custom bumpers and sliders are a must. Hard top will go. Much of the passat creature comforts will go into the 4 runner. Heated seats, cruise control, air conditioning. The ecu can be set up for stand alone and the immobilizer will be deactivated. That being said I will be using as much of the passat as possible in the 4 runnner. I hope to swap in the monsoon stereo system and if possibly trim the dash to fit. I feel like a soft top is a must have along with a custom roof rack.
We will see how the w56 holds up. This project will take some time so i will update as I go.
Might be post Christmas before I start ordering parts. First up is rebuilding the brake system so I can have a driver stop this thing as i need to push it around. Right now I have a BHW to pull and a blown up 22re to start removing.