200 tdi engine rebuild

gil · Apr 29, 2013

I have just won this on ebay for £26

Now I have always wanted to build a 200 tdi from scratch, at least I then know I have got a sound engine for 200k+ miles.

I'm going to be doing a thread in a few weeks time when I start this project, start to finish.

The question is, do I leave it standard 2.5 or have it bored to 2.8???

Also I'm trying to find a performance can shaft, I know you can get them for V8s (saw it on a 4x4 is born) but can't find a 200tdi one. Is there anything else worth uprating while I'm at it?

Jongould · Apr 29, 2013

imho there is no point in going the extra hassle for a 2.8, I can't see it giving that much power, no more than a decent tuned 2.5 and if you really really need that extra bit of power here and there just whack NoS on it, diesels love NoS and its cheap power...

gil · Apr 29, 2013

I just thought about taking it to 2.8 as the Isuzu 2.8 is a popular engine for challenge trucks. But to be fair I don't think I can be arsed with it, I will just stick to 2.5

D90mitch · Apr 29, 2013

not really much you can do with the internals of the 200tdi to increase power, only really external factors - intercooler, turbo, fuel etc

gil · Apr 29, 2013

Yeh it will be getting the obligatory pump/turbo tweak once built

bluehaze · Apr 29, 2013

Bargain - I too would like to do this; so I'm watching with interest.

gil · Apr 29, 2013

Something to do in what little spare time I have, between game keeping on a shoot, work, landscaping the garden, and working on the disco lol

Rusty Spanner · Apr 29, 2013

gil said:
I have just won this on ebay for £26

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Now I have always wanted to build a 200 tdi from scratch, at least I then know I have got a sound engine for 200k+ miles.

I'm going to be doing a thread in a few weeks time when I start this project, start to finish.

The question is, do I leave it standard 2.5 or have it bored to 2.8???

Also I'm trying to find a performance can shaft, I know you can get them for V8s (saw it on a 4x4 is born) but can't find a 200tdi one. Is there anything else worth uprating while I'm at it?

Fcuk if that's all you got you gonna have to take out a mortgage for the parts

gil · Apr 29, 2013

£836

top-cat · Apr 29, 2013

Rusty Spanner said:
Fcuk if that's all you got you gonna have to take out a mortgage for the parts

pity ive just buried a 200tdi fender engine complete and a box of bits from another because they where clutering my garden ive just flattened for my new 7m x 7m workshop

bluehaze · May 4, 2013

top-cat said:
pity ive just buried a 200tdi fender engine complete and a box of bits from another because they where clutering my garden ive just flattened for my new 7m x 7m workshop

Tell me where and I'll come and dig them up.

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