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**Got Insulin?** · 02-07-2012, 08:37 PM

Don't like pillar gauges or the unpainted hood, but love the color and think the car is radical, too.

JSauce-
You can probably get the N/A engine for about $200, say $1000 for the shell, a turbo head for less than $200 (hell, I'd give you one if you were to go through with this), and then ECU, wiring, and the grab a bunch of cheap-o stock DSM parts for it until it starts running. Biggest foreseeable issues are: Getting your hands on the TII trans, wiring, motor mounts, and finding a hood that would fit over the cam cover. Could likely be built for about 4K after everything was said and done and you did most of the hard work yourself.

Edit: Add to that the cost of having the manifold flipped around, but that could be a simple re-weld a tubi, or the opportunity to go top mount.

02-07-2012, 08:37 PM	#9543
Got Insulin? Hard Snarker Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Philly Member #7591 My Ride: 01 Audi TT 225, GVR-4 #72/1000, 91 TSi AWD iTrader: (16)	Don't like pillar gauges or the unpainted hood, but love the color and think the car is radical, too. JSauce- You can probably get the N/A engine for about $200, say $1000 for the shell, a turbo head for less than $200 (hell, I'd give you one if you were to go through with this), and then ECU, wiring, and the grab a bunch of cheap-o stock DSM parts for it until it starts running. Biggest foreseeable issues are: Getting your hands on the TII trans, wiring, motor mounts, and finding a hood that would fit over the cam cover. Could likely be built for about 4K after everything was said and done and you did most of the hard work yourself. Edit: Add to that the cost of having the manifold flipped around, but that could be a simple re-weld a tubi, or the opportunity to go top mount. __________________ -Taylor DenOfDebauchery Last edited by Got Insulin?; 02-07-2012 at 08:49 PM.