VAG 1.8T 20V - What makes it GREAT? - ICONIC ENGINES #17
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- What is up engine heads, it’s time for another episode of iconic engines. It’s been a while hasn’t it. Well today we’re back with a European giant. And no, it’s not a giant engine, at only 1.8 liters and 4 cylinders it’s one the smaller end of the scale, but it’s a giant in the sense of the incredibly important role it has played and continues to play in the European, Brazilian, UK and a few other non-US tuning and aftermarket modification scenes. The VAG 1.8t 20V may have graced the engine bay of what many consider to be the most disappointing Volkswagen Golf GTI ever, but it’s accessibility, ease of tuning and power potential meant that it quickly became the best sleeper GTI ever
Now Volkswagen is an interesting brand. And if you’re coming over from a Japanese or American manufacturer you’re used to clearly defined lines. In a sense most automakers employ what’s similar to a caste system for their engine families. In other words there’s no mixing between the families.
Compared to this the Volkswagen group four cylinder world is one big orgy and drawing clearly defined lines between the engines is difficult and inevitably ends up being subjective.
The reason is that the grandfather of all vw water cooled inline fours is actually a Mercedes engine called the M118 which was Mercedes' attempt to take Auto Union into a new direction, away from DKW's two stroke smokiness. Of course all of this was happening back when Mercedes owned Auto Union (today Audi) and sent over a man called Ludwig Kraus to build a future for Audi. But before any of it actually bore fruit Mercedes sold Audi to Volkswagen who saw it as a great opportunity to pick up much needed expertise in a time of declining sales for the air-colled VW Beetle that finally started showing it's age. But when Audi went to VW, Ludwig Kraus didn't, Mercedes' prominent engineer stayed over at VW and started working into redesigning the M118 into something new. The new engine was called the EA111 and saw the light of day in 1974, first in the Audi 50 and then in the first ever Volkswagen Polo.
Now our engine of interest the 1.8 turbo 20 valve bears both the EA827 and EA113 code because it's production spawned both generations. The 1.8t 20v engine saw the light of day in 1993 on the Audi A4 and it received a very lukewarm reception, largely due to it's 150hp output. Soon after it would grace the engine bay of the Golf MK4 GTI, again with only 150hp, representing what many saw as a shame to the GTI name. In the years that followed VAG would install the 1.8t 20v into virtually everything it had on offer with four valves. A total of 16 cars got this engine and this list includes everything, from the tiny Polo and Ibiza to the Leon, Octavia and even the hefty Audi A6 and Skoda Superb. Power outputs soon started growing to and the ubiquitous 1.8 eventually covered a range from 150 to 240 horsepower.
But by far it's most significant achievement has been achieved after its warranty....in the tuning scene. The incredibly widespread nature of this engine meant that for many the 1.8t as their first turbo car. The tuning scene would soon change forever and Volkswagen's initially disappointing little four cylinder would almost single-handed breed an entire generation of power addicts.
Now the 1.8t engine may pale in comparison to more exotic powerplants but it's blessed with simple, robust and proven hardware which is often the most reliable path towards pragmatic, real life fun and enjoyment.
We have a bore of 81mm and a stroke of 86.4mm, giving us a pretty undersquare design, which by it's nature results in good amounts of torque low in the rev range.
Most engines feature an aluminum intake manifold and cast log type exhaust manifolds. There are three different KKK turbochargers fitted to the engines and they are K03, K03S and K04. Most engines feature the basic K03, while the K03s can be found on the following engines and the K04 being reserved for the most powerful versions.
K03S turbos are on: BBU, BE, BJX, BVP, ARY, AUQ, AWV, ARX, AUM, AWP, BEX
K04 turbos are on: BFV, APY, APX, AMK, BAM
Everything else like the AEB, AGU and others is K03 turbo.
The tuning success comes from the fact that the VW 1.8t 20v ticks all the right boxes. It's plentiful and readily available and not too expensive which means replacement and upgrade parts can easily be sourced. The engine is already turbocharged from the factory, the internals aren't weak and the ECU isn't restrictive or impossible to remap. So you can easily score +40hp on the 150 engines with zero hardware changes and zero getting dirty.
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Lippte64p9i9o
Came for the knowledges. Subscribed for the sweet sweet rhymes in your home language! Great video mate.
Please make ford cosworth 2.0 engine
You forgot to say when you increase the power you need to upgrade the CLUTCH!!
Your German is FANTASTIC!!
The 1.8T and 1.9/2.0TDI are absolutely dominating eastern europe tuning scene. Literally, every second VW group car is equipped with one of these tuned to 300+ hp
yah dat true. keeping and driving both!
They're by no means slack stock the thing is. My dad has one, no issues in like 7 8 9 years hes had it. Super clean oil all the time.
My 1.9TDI still going strong.
Are the internals being changed or they are boosted as stock
@@mvelomthethwa880 Most of the 1.8T have forged crank from the factory so you won't have to worry pushing 300hp on stock internals. I don't know about the 1.9TDI but the 2.0TDI have also forged internals but a very weak head. Solve that and its a great platform for 300+hp and alot of torque
So glad the 1.8t is finally getting the coverage it deserves on Iconic Engines. It really is one of the best bang for buck platforms available.
As someone who drives a 1.8t 20v Gen 3 on a daily basis, i can agree. These engines can be pushed to 250 hp with nothing but a tune, and are able to break 9k rpm with minimal part replacements allowing for power ratings north of 500
Agree, building a 700hp 1.8t... LaunchBuilt is the channel where it's done
Yeah when youre looking for a sporty car..but the 1.9TDi will forever be their best engine :D immortal
@@MisoElEven real talk 🤣
@@MisoElEven the slowest maybe
I had this engine 13 years in my '99 AUDI A4 B5 QUATTRO and it had over 300 000 km without a problem. Incredible work. Amazing engine. And it still had original turbocharger :)
95` A4 B5 Quattro, 413 000 km, stock AEB :))
*still driving it
@@Engaelic chad
Mines at 290k and it's alright, I don't daily drive it anymore but it's starting to get issues. It's had four turbos in its life, I've put two on it over 6 years. The main issue is gaskets and accessories, I can't really fault the engine.
2000 b5 passat here atw, 058 block just hit 335 000 miles (540 000 km). Running 3 inch exhaust and a ko4 turbo, everything else is original :D
As someone who has visited the Wikipedia page for list of VW Engines, I actually laughed out loud when it was mentioned.
if u pause, the 2.5T EA390 and 3.0/2.9 EA839 items were actually my creations
its a shit engine but its the least shit VW engine. The others especially anything between 2 and 3 liters wont make more than 150'000 km before the engine is destroyed
Since I haven't visited the Wikipedia page I guess I technically know more than you?
😅😂🤣
I had a fun time figuring out the code for the 4.0T, and then realized the entire internet has given up and refers to it as the 4.0T
As a mechanic I probably made over $100,000 alone off 1.8t broken timing belts and leaking timing chain tensioner seals and coolant flange failure. And not to mention breather systems made of garbage. So sad how many of these owners refused to rebuild the breather systems.
Resulting in the turbocharger boost leaking into the crank case.
Of which no engine should be asked to endure.
I love em.
Chip tune em and the first person who drives it will buy it.
good to know about it
How does the the boost get into Crank case. I have 1.8t and can see if pipes need replacing .
As a mechanic I always have one advice to people that likes vw’s, keep buying them 🥰💰
My timing belt broke .looking for a motor
Yeah. No one talks about the timing chain failure on this engine. I personally am not a fan. Seen too many of these engines junked because of timing chain problems
I also really like how you go through the historical aspects of the engine, very interesting.
The Iconic engine series is so well researched and I appreciate the time and effort it takes to put it all together Love them so much keep up the good work!!
Kakav si ti kralj! :D Svaka cast na sadrzaju i kako sa lakocom spajas zabavu sa edukacijom!
Yes this engine, specificaly cylinder head is iconic in Brazil, like a high end evolution over the ubiquitous AP 8v engine.
AP is a trash
And for those who may not know it, AP is the market name VW Brasil gave to the EA827 engine, meaning "Alta Performance" (High Performance)
@@edinonjunio Damn straight my Gol GTI been breaking necks since 96
"Du fragst zu viel mein Freund!"
🤣 I laughed so hard. Thanks for that gem.
Love when you speak german
searched for this comment :D
Thank you for the great and comprehensive insight. I do however, have one comment: The EA111 family of engines (Audi50, Polo) was originally designed for lower displacements of 0.9 to 1.3 liters. Their bore center distance is 82mm.
My first two cars both had 20v 1.8Ts, never did tune them, honestly a MkIV GTI with 180 HP was a bit of a muscle car stock so I focused on chassis and driver upgrades with those cars! Was religious with 5000 mile oil changes and the problems I had past 100k was a bum coilpack, a coolant temp sensor going bad, and after a decade it finally developed the tiniest valve cover leak so it got a new gasket. Never burned a drop of oil! Great motors. I'm on to an EA888 1.8T with a stage 1 tune now and it's a different beast to drive but no problems at 5 years and hoping it'll stay that way! One thing you could've mentioned is their racing pedigree, built 20v 1.8Ts with up to ~500 HP were the Formula 2 engine for awhile.
"Multiple engines with the same code, and a single engine with multiple codes", you made me laugh !!!
It really is like that, I faced quitr some troubles and mismatched parts due to this till I figured it out 😅.
A VW engine with multiple codes isn’t anything new
@@alexmills1329 Well WE are talking about a 24 year old engine so yeah it in fact isnt new😂
I also like your attention to detail, you love to fully dive into things, to get the full essence of your focus, this is great. This is the main reason I subscribed to your channel. 🙂
Those German Bars!! Awesome Rap at the end 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥
Very good explained, the 827 block is legendary robust. I have the 1.8T in my 1999 A6, and even with only 150hp it's an fun and thankful engine.
great to see the iconic engine series again. i hope to see more of them in the future or maybe some more exotic ones, like you did with maseratis 6 valve engine
Excellent video as always, but the humor in this one has my crying I was laughing so hard! Happy D4A Sunday from California!
Just subscribed. Saw a recommendation and watched the LS engine episode first, now I'm hooked. This is some great work you're doing.
Probably the best video I've watched this year. So informative and interesting....thanks.
I was quietly hoping you were going to cover this engine, I’m glad you did, for someone like me who’s running this engine at 642bhp / 516ft-lbs in my S3! Even I’m learning something new, I enjoyed the history element of where it all began! These engines are fantastic and it will be sorely missed as with all the combustion engines slowly fizzling out to make way for the electric/hydrogen scene.
That's a real monster! Congrats. The emphasis is on slowly... I think we have far more time left to have fun than the media is trying to convince us.
Porsche will make synthetic fuel soon
@@d4a ICE won't ever fully die until batteries are light enough for planes and waterproof enough for boats; until then, we just have to get more creative about parts sourcing & engine swaps
@@d4a there's a bot in the comments impersonating you, it tells to contact them on Telegram to claim a prize.
At that amount of power and stress, you probably lose 1 hp every time you start the engine :/.
Just paused the video after the history section to say WOW! Amazing information in an amazing way! You really are a storyteller!
Now then...Back to it!
🤓
Thank you, you have always touch some topics worth watching, absolutely informative and educating. Thanks again. My bother has a mk3 golf that we will be assembling. Am a Japanese car person crossing over to German and you output on these remarkable cars have provided a pool of information. Thank you again.
Thank you for the superb history lesson. :)
We bought our 2001 Passat wagon at the end of January 2001, and we are still happily driving it, because of its absolutely ideal size and body configuration. Great combination of driving experience and practicality. The engine itself has given me no trouble, but I have had to replace things like O2 sensor and oil cooler. We have the relatively rare AUG 1.8T. I have always compensated for the undersized oil sump with a huge Mann 950/4 oil filter. At the 18-year mark, we replaced the valve cover gasket, and there were none of the dreaded oil coke ("sludge") particles -- just varnish.
Great history lesson. Auto Union was the cooperation/combination of many great minds.
Thanks for sharing.
I love how you sprinkle some humour throughout the video, makes it very fun!
Stunning video!!!!! One of the best, if not the best, CZcams channels about engines, bikes and cars. I owned two cars with the 1.8 T 20v 150 cv engine. I loved them both. The only weak point was the camshaft belt, that did not last the 170.000 km mandatory replacement. Keep going my friend!!!
Research and production you put into here vids is very impressive! Thanks for the awesome content.
building a 1.8t 058 motor (11:00) with the aeb head (big port) and a gt2860 currently, what a great motor.
My car is small port with a 2860. Love it! Beat some cars that I never thought I’d beat
My dad had a MK1 Octavia VRS with this same engine in it. It holds a special place in my heart because it was that car that got me into modifying and performance cars. I'm so glad to be able to learn more about this incredible engine. Thank you so much for making this video!
I've got a mk1 Octavia 4x4 1.8T, it's such a good fucking engine even if it's not the holy grail VRS
Love my mk1 octavia 😃
I'm definitely gonna have to buy a MK1 octavia VRS someday. Purely because of how much I respect and love the car and what it's taught me
What were your dads thoughts about modifying his car? 😉
I had a brand new 2002 Oct Vrs, wound it out to 320bhp with bolt ons and a map, ran it for 100k miles in that tune before I sold it only ever having done nothing more than oil changes and timing belts. such a strong motor and a great car!
Im always excited when you post but im overjoyed when you do an iconic engines. Awsome videos bro 👌
The explanation is very detailed, I learned a lot of knowledge, thank you!
This was so interesting. Your content is top notch. I never realized the VAG 4 cyl is pretty much like the Euro LS. Wife dailies a MK7 Golf R. Now I want to do a ea113 build on an old GTI
I had one of these in a Passat B5.5, I had it remapped and it turned into a completely different animal, SO much extra torque all throughout the rev range, it was amazing. Got me hooked on tuning the minute I did my first 2nd gear pull!
I happened to buy one by random chance. I was shopping for my first car, and the first one I stumbled upon was an '03 passat with a 1.8t. I didn't know much about cars then. But I did like the car in general, it seemed decent. Brought on the spot before I found out the 1.8T is probably the best engine I could've, and did get at my budget. Currently eagerly waiting till I'm able to get a job and upgrade my passat. I swear I will drive it until it refuses and is too expensive to repair.
which might be sooner rather than later given its an automatic model... :(
@@Bomkzmanual swap with the 6 speed transmission (relatively bulletproof as long as fluids are kept maintained) and get vcds with a laptop so you can recode it to a manual mode ecu. If you take care of its failure points(cam tensioner, timing system) refresh its compression every 200k miles and do oil changes every 3-5k/monitor potential oil issues and you got a pretty much bulletproof system. Keep an eye on the online sites like urotuning. When they had a labor day sale I bought all the gaskets, rebuild kit, timing system, cam chain tensioner, bolts and whatever else needed for less than $1000 total. I recommend replacing the timing components every 60k miles which might seem a little excessive but a tbelt snap ruins the engine so its not worth the risk. Well maintained and kept up these engines can be YOUR lifetime engine. Beats spending 20k on newer used cars where the transmission will fail on you way before the engine does
I love this channel. Thank you for the countless hours of research that has gone into making this channel great!
Awesome video! I learned a lot and loved your freestyle at the end.
Hi. Great video. All the information made it clear to me that the parts of the 1.8 turbo fit into any 4-cylinder vw engine. I have a polo 1.6 aft and I have 1.8 turbo parts, which I will install in block 1.6. Drilling 82.5 and stroke 86.4 forged crankshaft, forged connecting rod 144mm 19 piston pin. Great information and great videos. Just like that
1.8t engine is amazing, for sure can can take way more power reliable 500+hp with just rods. Plenty of evidence out there that proves this. Good video!
500HPout of an small inlinefour, but more displacement rendering an engine so much more drivable.
Always will prefer an VR over the small Turbo-Establishments...
@@tt-rs1457 But the 1.8t is still easier to mod, with a vr you need to turbo it first otherwise the vr engines are pretty slow.
If you have the money and the experience on modding cars then build a vr6t, otherwise just buy a 1.8t and start learning on it.
yeah you can run 500hp on that engine for about 200km before it is destroyed. Just because you can reach those numbers doesnt mean the engine can run standard on that
Thanks for this video!! In first lock down I had to buy a car (as all the flights were cancelled) to go to Spain for a concert. Had to buy a car quickly and luckily I bought a passat b5 1.8t (year 2000), not knowing anything of this engine. After reading about it I tuned it from 150hp to 190hp when it had 300k km. What fun was driving it just doing that. Done 40000km in 2 years around Europe and even England and it still runs great. Much more fun than bmw 318i, which I bought in UK.
Love your videos - very informative and enjoyable
Love my EA888 😁
Looking forward to tuning it.
Excellent video, like always!!
One only thing: I have a mk4 Gti 150 hp with 06A block and big port AGU head but came with wrist pin in 20mm, NOT 19mm. Really great engine with a lot of potentials.
came back after long time your sound quality has incredibly improved! thanks so much better to listen to you.
very well put together video. Thank you!
As I remember, this engine got a bad wrap thanks to VW specifying 10K oil change intervals but not clearly stating synthetic oil only, at a time when synthetic wasn't ubiquitous.
so many of these died from burned carboned up oil in the crankcase and cylinder head.
The longitudinal mounted Passat and others had an even smaller oil pan which made the problem worse.
The reason is because the passats had a habit of bottoming out because of how far forward the engine sits. I had to replace my oil pan because I poked a hole straight through it on a speed bump that I didn't see. Good way to take care of that is with stiffer suspension
Good point. VW/Audi tried to fix this by not only shortening the recommended oil change interval, but also dramatically increasing the size of the oil filter. The goal was not really to improve oil filtration, so much as to increase the surface area to act as an auxiliary cooler.
There was also a pretty large issue with the original coil packs in the later years that was famous for leaving drivers stranded.
1gen longlife oil service was not taking driving style and cold starts into the equation.
So in vold climate with a lot of short trips the oil was dead a long time before the service light came on.
This is why thw next gen codes came with oil sensor in the sump.
@@gavindow7159 Bigger filter had nothing to do with cooling. It increased the amount of oil available. The stup!d americans dumped whatever oil they found on discount and then complained of sludge.
The coil will NEVER leave you stranded, ever.
@@Blade_of_Violet_Chaos No. The oil pan was smaller due to the subframe.
I'm not even a car enthusiast, but this episode makes me curious to play around with engines myself...
try it, when you start learning bit by bit you'll get hooked, I came from a family of mechanics but i for one didnt had any interest in working on cars until one time I got to fix a problem that my family couldnt fix on my car that pulled me in a very deep rabbit hole.
Im currently swapping AEB motor to Audi 80 B4 which is basically a direct, no drama swap. Fitted gearbox that tops the engine at around 200kmh so its pretty nimble around town. Upgraded turbo injectors intercooler etc. Also fitted LPG system cause its gonna be my daily and gas prices aint goin down anytime soon. Loved every bit of the swapping process, in the end of the day its the passion that keeps us going
So glad u made a vid, just recently learned about the potential the potential these bad boys have.
I looove this playlist . I’d missed Iconic Engines. What a gem of a channel! Can I recommend the American Hemi engine since the LS was covered? Or the Nissan VQ engines?
Had a 1.8 audi tt when i was 16. My dad was a master tech at the audi dealer and he chipped my car and it made it amazing. Got 300hp and it got out of first gear without giving it gas. One of the best engines ever. And hella fuel efficient
Gezz man, wellllllllll dooooone. We all know about the random changes and the "sometimes this... sometimes that" nature of VAG products. You really got in there and gave really comprehensive info. I can only imagine how much sorcery you had to use to put all this together! WELLLLLLL FRIKKIN DOOOOONE
I love the video. My beloved racing peanut (Ibiza 6L FR) has been tuned from 150bhp to 230whp, with lowered stiffer suspension. So much fun to drive.
Thank you Thank you Thank you! The 1.8T is one of the best cheapest engine to tune, mine is 300bhp hybrid turbo on stock internals for the past 6 years with not a single issue.
If you had to choose only one car. Ep3 or mk4?
@@rosco3223 Ehh that is a tricky one lol.. MK4 is easier to live with as a daily for sure but if it was a choice on which is better to thrash ep3 all day long. MK4 golfs don’t have the best chassis and are a bit numb in that area, their engines however have so much more potential if you on a budget.
Used to have one of these in a Jetta IV. Had a whole load of problems with the car but the engine was solid.
Yea usually how it goes. Abs stops working some window switches or light bulbs always burning out. The rocker panels and front fenders would rust out but the mk4 jetta is always fun to drive and the drivetrain is reliable
I very much appreciate the subtitles that you put on your videos. Thank you
That final rap killed me...great video with in depth insight, thank you very much and cheers!
10:22 lol
I think the wierdest thing about this engine is that it was available in both transverse and longitudanal layouts, but always fwd or 4wd.
That's because it's made for true permanent AWD systems like in the bigger Audis and VW's, but also made for FWD biased, part time AWD systems like Haldex.
In Brazil we have a variation of EA111 called AP engine, wich is a most popular engine here. Beeing massively used for tuning and competition applications even today. Its a true masterpiece hahaha...
Quem é Brazuca dê um oi
I have this engine in my 15 A3, very reliable engine. Did some upgrades like a 3.5 in down pipe and a afe power cold air intake. Definitely a great engine!
Wunderbar! Fantastic video! I have done some maintenance jobs on the 1.8t and it's really a great engine!
You man, are either insane or from another planet :) There is nobody on the entire internet who can do what you can. I thought that I have seen all of you. But, oh, how wrong I was! You are just amazingly good at this. I really hope you continue to do this for many years to come.
Except for a few known issues a great engine indeed!!, had it in a new bought Seat Leon Mk1 and afterwards in a Polo GTI 9N3 (remap to 200 hp, 325 NM)
Now in a engine swapped Lupo GTI (215 hp)
Ps. Nice German rap at the end, sehr schön!!
I really liked your video. Very important information and history. Well done
Wow! So much to learn from that engine...you are a real encyclopedia.
I’m building a mk4 2.0 AEG with a 1.8t cylinder head on top which can put out insane Hp and the parts that you can interchange between the two is incredible. They’re basically the same engine and you can even swap trans between the two.
I don't know if you will ever adress diesel engines in this series but I would love to see an episode on the legendary VAG 1.9 tdi engines. There are mainly 2 variants (the VP and PD engines) both being incredible reliable engines with huge tuning potential and were available in pretty much every single audi/vw group car as well.
Fun fact, you can build hybrid using TDI block, and crankshaft, to get 2.1 liter engine.
Yeah, but they stink, literally 😅...
Nothing like the smell of sulfur in the morning.
VE* and the PD can be reliable with the correct oil and balance shaft delete (weak balance hex driveshaft and bad oil pump design) 👍🏼
@@szymontrojanowski7565 for extra power 😊
So what I’m gathering from this is that I’m screwed trying to make any significant power from my beetle. Good to know. Thanks bud. Great video. Keep them coming.
iconic engines after a loooonnnnnggg time
thnx again for the content brother
Great engine. Good compresion 9.5 for turbo engine, port injection, 5valves, iron block, fast spool turbo easy to remap. If the engine breaks down it one of the cheapest engine to rebuild and you can continue to drive it at full throttle like before.
P. S. Thanks for the video.
I owned a 2001 VW Golf 1.8T. What a great car! I loved it. Reliable, quick and great mileage. I cried when I sold it for my 2013 VW GTI. ...Love my 2013 GTI just as much.
Did you test drive any competitors before buying your second Golf?
@@movement2contact Ford Focus and the Mini. Don't regret buying the GTI one bit.
You are so entertaining and yet, also informative!
Not long ago bought a Audi TT 8N with the BAM engine. I didn't realize the engine was an evolution of such an old design. Interesting to know. Mine is for road use, so after doing some of the normal maintenance items, i may have it remapped but nothing crazy around 250hp would be nice.
i want to buy an audi tt mk1, so you mean it is a reliable engine?
@@commendatore2516 I have a mk1 TT 225 since 6 years, the car has 220k km and absolutely no issues, not only the engine.
@@Miky9560 amazing!
daily driven , It has been almost close to 20 years by now my BAM 1.8 TTQ without any breakdown, yes exceept i had to replace 3 sensors ( crank, cams & oil level sensor) plus first rocker cover gasket & serpentine, I did myself & I’m not a mechanic and surprisingly the engine is clean as its new ! and the OE TB is still there in Good shape ! 200K and M1@5-40 always since the D1 i purchased new from Audi ! solid engine !
I had an AEB 1.8T in my 1999 Passat. Nice bulletproof internals, but it ran ridiculously hot, baked every rubber and plastic item in the engine bay, required fast-wearing copper sparkplugs to get a hot-enough spark without retaining enough heat to cause detonation on the next compression stroke, had an old inefficient turbocharger that struggled to provide even stock boost pressure, and had a woefully insufficient intercooler. I mean, I guess it did get points for having an intercooler at all, back in those days, but still. And that fucking belt-and-chain timing system, OMG.
Meanwhile the rest of the B5 chassis my Passat was based on was junk. It felt great when everything was working _perfectly,_ but things were never working _perfectly._
I had a passat 1.8 20v b5 non turbo. Honestly I put work into it and sorted everything from suspension components to maf, charging/battery ignition systems. I never had no more problems with it. I loved it and was easy on fuel and was reliable thereafter. Now I have a A4 BEX it's been a hard expensive graft to get it to a standard. I honestly would trade it for my passat.
AWM B5.5 2002 Passat that I affectionately named Danielle 😊
Now that was an interesting video!
Thanks mate!
Dude, so much information told simply, thank you
Built a Golf 4 fwd some years ago with an upgraded turbo. Car ran amazing, so amazing that it started snapping front axles and blowing turbo pipes. Turned out the wastegate was stuck shut and the engine was seeing 40+ psi of boost on mainly stock internals. This engine is bulletproof.
40psi? DAMN 🤣🤣
@@sn1per.-992 Yes, I measured everything, and this is how we found out the waste wasn't working. All sorts of things broke on the car, but the engine! ;)
@@dreci3001 German Engineering😉😂
@@sn1per.-992 German Engineering died around 2004, everything after was made to break. I have a friend who studied engineering in Germany and he said the following: 5 year program, 4 years they teach me how to fix and make things indestructible, the last year they teach me how to make it as cheap as possible and planned obsolescence. As a former owner of a modern BMW, I agree with him. 🙂
Really great small and durable petrol engines , would like to see a video on the OM606 at one point tho :)
I LOVE THE SEEK THE VASK REPRESENTATION!! Would love to see a video on the 16v in the mk3 golf gti
thanks for the very interesting video again. your series is one of the best on youtube across all subjects. keep up the great work! makes me remember my seat leon cupra R (AMK) with around 300hp. fun times! sold it and the buyer managed to destroy the engine on his way home on the autobahn and trying to make me pay. not so fun but it went well for me...
for those who wonder, the numbers in the VW-Engines, for example the EA111 means that exactly 111 workers died during development of the engine.
@kaiser, lol tru dat!
@@auntbarbara5576 true it is, why do you think we germans run out of competitive workers and started to import second hand people from africa or middle east ;)
Too much phantasy! 😕
@@Nitramrec better than too much reality in it? :)
888 people died developing my GTI 😱
Nice! I had a 1.8T as a first car.
Can you do the 2.7 biturbo or the VR6 engines next?
2.7biturbo video would be great!
You had an engine as a first car?
@@Sahlokniir Was probably drunk when I posted this
Loved my 2002 Audi S3. Stage 2 mods, the thing was a weapon. Now I drive the A5 3.0 V6 TDi and that's such a great engine too
I remember my 1.8TQ Audi A4 AEB engined car with fondness. It responded well to the simple mods I did to it. A great little engine!
I've got the BAM 225 modded up to 280 bhp swapped into my mk2 Gold Gti.
Its amazing fun.
That aint bad, what do you think is its hp limit stock?
@@sneez9461 probably 300bhp
I had. Forged one before that 400 , but I recked. It had mad torque steer even in third gear.
@@prawnk1ng damn, thats alot, idk reliability tho🤔
That is not enough Bhp for any performance as gold is very a very dense metal. Hence the car will weigh a lot giving low bhp / ton
@@skegvegas1570 What gold?
I think the volvo/ford B5254T 2.5 liter 5 cylinder would be a great candidate for the next part.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Volvo engine is dirived from a VAG engine as well. Their six cylinder diesel engine came from VW... I believe it was initially used in the VW LT commercial van...
You forgot Renaults part in it. Renault Safrane version was 170hp but they did leave a little Easter Egg behind - the Volvo tuning marks are reversed on the Renault. Safrane Biturbo was 300hp but be careful of Renault cruise of that period - the logic was a bit deranged - anything within 20mph of the selected speed and it'd take off like a cat with a JATO pack rammed up its ass.
Great video..Nice to see info about the TU5JP4 engine
You are a gem, the final rap was just glorious!
This engine especially in the s3 can do 400hp+ stock without opening up the engine.
That’s truly incredible seriously!
I think the high end VW Group sports cars with this engine were given forged internals from factory
Highly doubt it. Running a BAM with 270HP. If the tune is good and torque doesn’t come all at once you are good. Above 300 rods become chocolate pudding
@@zvornicka2718 there’s another VW motor out there it’s called the ABF
@@Manuqtix.Manuqtix that's a mk3 2.0 N/A 16V. Came in the MK3 GTi not the S3
Was super happy with the 1.8t. the 170hp version was plenty at the time in my opinion. That said, I bought new, boosted the bejesus out of it (350hp), drove it for 14 years pushing nearly 30PSI and never had a problem in 144k miles; didn't burn a drop of oil - just regular timing belt/water pump maintenance. There were LOTS of detail differences between each of the variants which I do think are meaningful. Can't remember as I had both B5's and B6 - I think the B6 was AMB? B5 was AEB? (2002 USA). My dad was selling Audi when they were becoming a real car company again - early 60's. I remember going to the dealer intro of the Fox in 1974. That was not an impressive car. My uncle in Germany always says Audi is just for old men. Probably right - I'm getting old and still like them :)
I got one, locked up maybe check the timing belt and the numbers
I LOVE my 4 cyl VAG engine. Tuned? even better ;)
Awesome info and video
Awesome video , thanks for the info !
Pleasantly surprised to learn one of them fancy German engines is actually worth taking the time to tune up. Normally the power potential and price and complexity and reliability and difficulty of maintenance and repair come to mind, compared to similarly priced engines that are much better in all of those regards. Cool to know though that they are pretty casual tuner friendly up to 2 or 300hp. That's plenty enough to have fun and get in trouble with.
Well im from Germany, if you wanna buy a mk4 gti at a reasonable price its hard to find a not tuned or modified one 🤣
@@savereport8788 it's actually really cool because I have 2 of them, one in a Passat and the other in an A4 but that one is dead and needs a new engine. I don't know if mine has ever been tuned but I was thinking about it and was going to do it but the prices went up for the APR tune around here in the states and it used to be 500 years ago now its over 700 and it's just not worth that much to me. I would have done it for 500. I just can't imagine paying somebody over 700 dollars just to plug a wire into your car and upload a file. Seems like robbery.
Next up: Lampredi's Fiat Twin Cam engine that powered the legendary Lancia Delta Integrale among others!
That or the 2.0 5-cylinder turbo that powered the Fiat Coupé
Excellent review, thanks a lot!
Great video with the depth only you provide.
NEXT ICONIC ENGINE!! Mercedes diesel OM616! The most underpowered, reliable, mechanical and simple engine ever that can easily go over 1,000,000 miles without breaking a sweat
you mean OM606 ?
@@ssllhh100 I think 616/617 came up on their lorries and buses if I remember correctly
I mean the OM616.912, OM616.916. Primarily used in the W123 and W115 late 70s-mid 80s E-class 240D Mercedes.
It was also used in T1s and G-classes.
I'm still holding my breath for VW's air-cooled H4 or Mopar's 1960s 426 Hemi.
And that's because the B16 and K20, the greatest creations of mankind, have already been covered by this series. :^)
While not as widely used, the H22/23 also really held their own for a long time, only getting edged out by the K-series
The VW flat four is literally the most iconic basic engine ever. 20,000,000 +…..and was killed because of emissions police
Seems you kind of extended the intro tune. Thats good. I love these videos. Im not really into small engines but it is very interesting to learn about them.
12:50 Instead of swapping camshaft in punto u can just add turbo spending same amount of money and you have more power than stock 1.8t in smaller and lighter punto :D
Exactly but Punto with turbo from factory is the best:)
if it is not for the punto HGT trim with 96kw, I doubt that you could easily surpass weakiest 110 kw 1,8t
@@tomastarvydas63 HGT doesn´t have any Turbo. Regarding drive with Punto GT you can check my videos with broken gasket between turbo and manifold. Honestly I don´t know how Punto GT behave, due to lack of maintenance from previous owner afterall. I am looking forward to have whole car it perfect condition, but I takes time.
even 1,2 8v can survive 200HP with stock parts like conrods, crankshaft, pistons.