My 03 ALH Jetta is incredible; in the video you said it's not as good as a 2020, but I would never ever trade my 370,000 mi ALH Jetta for anything newer than 2007.
@@Leesvw I compression tested it before having the injection pump rebuilt and it has 505lbs of compression on all 4 cylinders and less than 4% leak down. Doesn't burn a drop of oil, my goal is 1,000,000 miles, and by the health of it right I'm on track to get there.
I purchased an ecu and harness from s-pautomotive.com hes got everything you need for this swap. All you need is a good motor if you don’t want to get it from him.
The radiator is awesome! How does it preform? Does it heat soak? Could you do multiple pulls? Looks like you have enough room for a condenser up front!!
It works great. I haven’t run it in the dead of summer yet. To tell if it heat soaks. I can multiple pulls until I blew it up lol. I have a condenser up front. Just need to do the rest of the AC parts.
@@Leesvw Awesome. It fit under the core support? How did you fasten it down? If you felt like it and the car was around/nearby a video or photos talking about your experience installing it or driving it would be neat!! Subbed.
@@mxamumt I’ve been recording my progress pulling the engine to put in another one. I’ll shoot tue radiator bits when I get to that point. Thanks for the subscription!
You should try the mk3 tdi ctn transmission. I think those gears would be better suited for your 13” wheels vrs the factory mk4 one with 15” taller tire setup.
@@Leesvw I’m guessing it came from your doner car. There should be a 3 letter code on the top part of the transmission. It’s like a small flat area 1”x2”. Then you can just google Vw tranny codes and you’ll find your transmission. Sounds like it was reving high on the freeway in your video.
Cool car i have a couple cars and trucks always wanted to do alh swap but i keep putting in aaz engines. Maybe one day ill buy the nice s&p parts and do an actual alh tdi.
The rod came off the crank and made a hole in the block. I don’t know why it happened. The engine is still sitting on the stand. I haven’t torn into it yet. I suspect it was my right foot that caused it.
@@LeesvwI would love to know what I could do to keep that from happening. Revving high? What boost were you running? I hope I'm not asking too many questions.
Not to many questions. It’s all good. I don’t have a boost gauge but I’m running the vnt 17 turbo and a stage 4 Malone tune with .216 injectors. I did a burnout the day before and I think I over did it.
Sorry it took so long to reply. I took my belt out and soaked it in soapy water for a bit. Then agitated it in the water pulled it out and let it dry overnight. Then I sprayed the belt with a furniture polish like endust or pledge. Works perfect now. You reminded me I need to do the rest of the belts in the car.
Awesome VW Rabbit, following along for your good documentation on the Alh swap!
i have dailyed a mk4 alh for about 8 years now. I love that car...cannot wait to swap another alh into my mk1 rabbit pickup.
really enjoyed the story. awesome rabbit. that blue interior just pops 🤩
Bummer you like the blue.. I just put in a set of black recaro’s.
@@Leesvw 😅 whatever works. I thought my brown interior was cool, but still swapped it to all black
@@JunkVWs these seats I got are beautiful. I couldn’t resist.
My 03 ALH Jetta is incredible; in the video you said it's not as good as a 2020, but I would never ever trade my 370,000 mi ALH Jetta for anything newer than 2007.
Dang that’s a lot of miles!!!
@@Leesvw I compression tested it before having the injection pump rebuilt and it has 505lbs of compression on all 4 cylinders and less than 4% leak down. Doesn't burn a drop of oil, my goal is 1,000,000 miles, and by the health of it right I'm on track to get there.
That is so cool!
Cool channel! Subscribed! 😎
Awesome thank you!
I think its bad ass wish I could find one enjoy
Awesome build! To make this work from a junk yard motor- assuming I have to pull everything as far as the ecu harness or did you make most of it?
I purchased an ecu and harness from s-pautomotive.com hes got everything you need for this swap. All you need is a good motor if you don’t want to get it from him.
The radiator is awesome! How does it preform? Does it heat soak? Could you do multiple pulls? Looks like you have enough room for a condenser up front!!
It works great. I haven’t run it in the dead of summer yet. To tell if it heat soaks. I can multiple pulls until I blew it up lol. I have a condenser up front. Just need to do the rest of the AC parts.
@@Leesvw What condenser did you end up using? DId you have to fab up mounts for it? Good luck getting it going again, worth it.
@@mxamumt I bought the stock one for an 03 alh.
@@Leesvw Awesome. It fit under the core support? How did you fasten it down? If you felt like it and the car was around/nearby a video or photos talking about your experience installing it or driving it would be neat!! Subbed.
@@mxamumt I’ve been recording my progress pulling the engine to put in another one. I’ll shoot tue radiator bits when I get to that point. Thanks for the subscription!
You should try the mk3 tdi ctn transmission. I think those gears would be better suited for your 13” wheels vrs the factory mk4 one with 15” taller tire setup.
How do I tell what trans I have? Mine is from a tdi. Also I’m running 15” wheels.
@@Leesvw I’m guessing it came from your doner car. There should be a 3 letter code on the top part of the transmission. It’s like a small flat area 1”x2”. Then you can just google Vw tranny codes and you’ll find your transmission. Sounds like it was reving high on the freeway in your video.
Hey @rabbitgti652 I finally looked at the trans. I have a EUH code trans. I’m going to start looking into it now.
Cool car i have a couple cars and trucks always wanted to do alh swap but i keep putting in aaz engines. Maybe one day ill buy the nice s&p parts and do an actual alh tdi.
Really enjoyed cool man!!!😂😂
what did you use for piping from the turbo to the intercooler? I'm stumped.
Just rubber turbo piping and aluminum. You can find it on Amazon or cartek.
You didn't mention what happened to the engine at the end did it really blow up? You have any idea what happened?
The rod came off the crank and made a hole in the block. I don’t know why it happened. The engine is still sitting on the stand. I haven’t torn into it yet. I suspect it was my right foot that caused it.
@@LeesvwI would love to know what I could do to keep that from happening. Revving high? What boost were you running? I hope I'm not asking too many questions.
Not to many questions. It’s all good. I don’t have a boost gauge but I’m running the vnt 17 turbo and a stage 4 Malone tune with .216 injectors. I did a burnout the day before and I think I over did it.
seatbelt in my 82 pickup does the same thing lmk if u figure it out
Sorry it took so long to reply. I took my belt out and soaked it in soapy water for a bit. Then agitated it in the water pulled it out and let it dry overnight. Then I sprayed the belt with a furniture polish like endust or pledge. Works perfect now. You reminded me I need to do the rest of the belts in the car.
What size tires you running?
Hey Mike, Thanks for the comment. Currently I have 185/55r15.. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Dig the radiator
First!
Aw, that sucks a$$ man!