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Old 03-21-2014, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by waltt
Inchworm makes a really good kit for the 1.9 TDI Volkswagen. And there's also 4x4 labs out there for the Mercedes guys. Luke even has the plates so that we can fab our own motor mounts. I too would love to do the 1kz-te. But they cost way too much.

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Old 03-21-2014, 09:19 PM
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I apologize. Acme has the adapter for the bell housing. Inchworm has the adapter for the transfer case. My bad I saw a post on Craigslist. And I took it as gospel.
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^ sounds right^

i'm thinking/researching about a TDI swap in a runner for a DD.
30 mpg in a 4wd pullin 33's sounds like a worthwhile project.
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Expect another case of waiting indefinitely and not being able to get Luke on the phone when ordering from 4x4labs. Took me 3 months to get mine, and 6 months to get the $100 core refund for sending in my stock flywheel.
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Expect another case of waiting indefinitely and not being able to get Luke on the phone when ordering from 4x4labs. Took me 3 months to get mine, and 6 months to get the $100 core refund for sending in my stock flywheel.
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Bummer to hear that. Was that when you had your LC engineering flywheel machined. Or were you waiting that long for the whole kit? Was the quality of the parts at least good?
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it took me 4 1/2 months to get my kit from TD swaps and now I am not going to do the swap so I listed it on ebay tonight 3/23/14
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Originally Posted by waltt
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Bummer to hear that. Was that when you had your LC engineering flywheel machined. Or were you waiting that long for the whole kit? Was the quality of the parts at least good?
Was when I was waiting for the LCE flywheel and new adapter plate. It was one promise after another every time I actually got ahold of him, like "I'll ship it out tomorrow." The weight of the flywheel really helped, but something is off because my starter hardly ever works properly now, and I hadn't had a single problem with it before that. I killed 2 transmissions with the 1st adapter plate. This 2nd one seems to be okay.
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Originally Posted by waltt
I apologize. Acme has the adapter for the bell housing. Inchworm has the adapter for the transfer case. My bad I saw a post on Craigslist. And I took it as gospel.
I did an 1.9 aaz vw TD swap with the acme adapter kit. The it's ructions were great and the support by email is also very quick. I was getting 26 mpg in an 87 4runner. Everything in that kit fit perfect.
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Originally Posted by pyrojoe22
Expect another case of waiting indefinitely and not being able to get Luke on the phone when ordering from 4x4labs. Took me 3 months to get mine, and 6 months to get the $100 core refund for sending in my stock flywheel.
I bought my flywheel from Luke. Was hard to get a hold if at first but shipped pretty quick and was a good fit. But also the reason I didn't buy his kit was because he would not respond to email. Just seems to be hit and miss with these flaky adapter guys.
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