Re: 1987 Quattro 5000 turbo swap (jetta2liter)
Agreed, they made a 5000 Turbo, why would you spend the time & $$ to replicate what the factory did? You'll come out far ahead if you sell the 5000 and buy a 5000 turbo. But if you're they type who likes doing stuff like this...you are looking at a full MC1 or MC2 swap. That means pulling the engine, wiring harness, and ECU) from a donar car, and transplanting all of that into your 5K. Prob about $500-750 in parts (assuming everyting is used and the engine needs no work) and about 30-40 hours of highly skilled labor (more like 100+ hours for the average shadetree mechanic)... So, assuming you have to pay for labor at a cheap rate of $60 per hour....your looking at $3,000 in labor plus $500-700 in parts. So you will have $3500+ into a swap that could just be bought off the street for under 1/2 that price...
Modified by duandcc at 11:46 AM 11/23/2004