Caddy 2.0L diesel engine upgrae

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Guys please help .
I am new to this ,My 2.0L diesel caddy need upgrade
will the Jetta 4 Tdi motor fit and what needs to be done .
My Caddy is a 2006 Panel Van (Too slow and no Power )
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I have a 2017 Caddy 2.0 TDI manual and had Stage 1 software done by Insane Racing.
It absolutely flies. No other mods were done at all.

What is the engine code on your Caddy?
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Accobra wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:13 am Guys please help .
I am new to this ,My 2.0L diesel caddy need upgrade
will the Jetta 4 Tdi motor fit and what needs to be done .
My Caddy is a 2006 Panel Van (Too slow and no Power )
MK4 tdi motor is not an upgrade
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U probably have the 2.0 SDI and not a TDI. Non turbo, no wonder u feeling it so slow.

BDJ seems to be a n/a PD engine..

Fitting in a 1.9 PD TDI engine should be a straight fit regarding the mountings. Electronics will be the problem (wiring loom, ecu, cluster, ignition and key)

If u want to do a swap u rather buy a smashed up 1.9 tdi caddy so u have all the bits and pieces u will need..

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Thanks a mill ,
I could get a Jetta 4 TDI that was in accident for good price ,Will this work to do the swap .
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Another question could you not fit turbo and Manifold from 1.9 to the 2.0L and then do software .Any suggestions would be appreciated
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Jetta 4 and caddy are different platforms.. its not gonna be easy to swap things. If im not mistaken the cluster is different, the ignition will be different. And then the modules might not communicate with each other which will be a headache

Hence its better getting a caddy.

Turbocharging the sdi - i dont know.. the turbo might fit, but i doubt the ecu will be able to control it..
Also, i dont think the motor will be strong enough for boost

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Why not sell and just buy a turbo variant? less headache
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Thanks so long ,Looking at that option to maybe sell and get TDI version
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Accobra wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:17 am Thanks so long ,Looking at that option to maybe sell and get TDI version
will be best , much more reliable

Life is too short to be riding around with 50kw and a heavy chassis.
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dont bother with the mk4 golf/jetta tdi platform. you need to put a fair amount of money into that ahf motor to see anything over 110 kw. also its a VE type motor so fuelling is an issue.
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