StuF - it's useless off the lights bud, 2nd and 3rd gear is where it's at
ohmeydz - thanks bud, FI for me only i'm afraid bought a B7 rs4 and was massively dissapointed, pretty sure this would beat it
raz - thanks man, yes still a few pics of it floating about - still got the doors at the bottom of my garden
Jay - just left out the boring bits, just the 'make it look simple' highlights
th3_f15t - i don't even have any kids i know of
spankiee - me too, my dtm and RS are laid up while i use this haha
j400uk - thanks
MC71 -
SRC - my mrs has her beady eyes on this one, although i'm not sure how well she'd do as she's used to polo 1.4 tdi
GTI8v - it was the cheapest way to get where i wanted with the touran. reclaimed a fair wedge from golf parts and touran engine box
Stanipkiss - i've never been a xenon fan on anything (looks wise) but i'm a bit wierd
i plan on facelifting it at some point but i still won't fit xenons
rex - physical engine swap was easy part - both engines out and tfsi into touran including full front subframe / rack / heatshields / a/c pipes / mounts / milltek (extending 4" and down turns) and modifying intake pipe in 1 day
the hard part (i didn't foresee) was wiring - unlike mk4 golfs i'm used to messing with the mk5 / touran looms are pretty much one piece, half of the ecu loom is 'built in' to car loom, car loom basically runs from front lights to rear lights and everything inbetween.
after pouring 3 full days into trying to wire touran loom to work with tfsi engine i gave in, decided best option was to do full loom swap, this means every module / ecu / sensor had to be used from golf including airbag crash sensors and ignitors as touran items are not the same.
after dropping the loom in getting it running was easy, everything else took time - swapping heater boxes and controls as golf was dual zone climate, wiring rear lights (work slightly different to golf) extending many bits of loom for longer, taller touran, fitting sensors touran didn't have but golf did, converting headlights from xenon to normal, converting one (golf) wiper motor wiring to two (touran) and all sorts of things you don't even consider - washer bottle with level sensor, rain sensor, twin horns etc etc
teo_parvu - only thing i've managed to annoy so far is 370z and golf R
