Everything You Need to AWD Swap Your Car! 

Check out the MK5 RWD Series! ru-vid.com/group/PLtqrNCuhkOk6x7Em00qKHI6xkYHoYJWyw

the only time this would make sense is if there is strong sentimental attachment to a car while also wanting to test your patience and mechanical ability.

"Should you AWD swap your car? ... The answer is NO! Absolutely not.." 🤣 At least you got that out there right at the start--comedy & truth is why you gotta love this channel :)

Good lord thank you for this video!!in the process of doing a 4motion swap on my mk6 tdi. Slowly purchasing all the parts (tank and rear end already picked) but I need a daily first before installing 🤣

If you do the oem awd floor pan you can keep the leak detection stuff as it goes back up into that same spot.

you're a saint among men my friend. thank you for posting this

Again, brilliant video, thanks a lot for all the information, I'll come back to you once i get a passat r36 for this project.

Thankfully it's a lot cheaper over here in the UK as we see many more lower spec cars with Quattro on the mk5 platform; can also confirm that the drivers side (passenger for us!) front driveshaft is the same on 4x4 and FWD (I've done this swap before)

We need to know how to swap the old haldex 4/5 to the new haldex with drift mode. Thank you

Thanx for the vid. Informative and funny as hell

When I had my mk6.5 GLI I was planning on doing a is38 hybrid swap (non mqb to mqb) and I found a group of guys who had basically perfected it. A couple of them making over 500whp. Anyways I wrecked my car and got a GTI but one of the guys with the hybrid swap in his GLI has gone on to doing an AWD swap and he's just about done with it. So a mk6.5 gli making near 500whp due to being swapped to mqb AND its awd. Just though I'd share a cool project with you guys.

Finally a mk5 detailed awd swap video, great work!

As I understand it the 3rd gen Haldex went into a few Volvo models, V8 and some T6 XC90s as well as the V8 S80. Fun fact, Volvo went hard on gen 2 Haldex used it in a bunch of mid 2000's models, S40, V50, S60, V70, etc. As far as I know gen2 and gen3 are mechanically identical. The controller software is different, but parts are swap-able. I know all of this because I'm AWD swapping a C30(it's a thing, you can find out about it on the internet). I will take a look at my Gen2/3 hybrid and see how similar they are to the VW stuff you shared. I'm curious to know if VW haldex controllers work on the Volvo units.

It remind me the TDI swap that I did on a B6 Passat ;) I was sourcing parts to swap it 4 Motion! I got all I need from a 3.6 4motion Passat, But at the time sourcing a diesel 6 speed manual transmission was way too expensive... I resold the parts for a profits at least :)

a big thanks for this video!!

Hey Pauly D what mk is that bevel box coming from? Thanks guy. Great material as always

Great video, thought the RWD series was hilarious. Spent about a week being delusional thinking about converting my B6 6MT 2.0T Passat Wagon to haldex because VR AWD's are hard to find in Canada, but bought a clapped out VR Touareg instead. Probably the same cost / pain in the long run.

Damn. I have a modified Škoda Octavia vRS and thought this might be a future option since they never came in AWD, but not after seeing this. Good info

Dude is a comedian and brutally honest, subscribed and like stat

What if you want to make a US version of an Audi RS3 8P? It would require transplanting all of a TTRS or RS3 8V powertrain, so in that case in would just be a few body mods to fit in addition to everything else if starting with a FWD car.

I love your exercise in hubris man 🤣

Awesome video, very informative. I’ve got a bit of a pipe dream project car I’d like to hear your opinions on. Now hear me out… I’ve got a 1970s station wagon I’ve always wanted to engine swap, and over the years the idea has evolved into an AWD + engine swap. My thinking is just get an AWD donor car that’s already equipped with everything I need and do a body swap. Yes a body swap is a costly and timely undertaking on its own, but seems like the better option. I wanna hear your thoughts!

How about moving the front suspension/engine trans from a 2wd GTi and mid mounting it in a TT for rwd?

Is there any difference in the Audi A3 Quattro’s and the all wheel drive system on the volts wagon’s I actually was looking into doing this but like you said cheaper to just buy one already on there and swap all my parts

Any use or knowledge from the Skoda Octavia WRC project? always thought this would be interesting for the US VW fans

This is how I felt when I converted my A5 8T from 7 speed DSG to 6 speed manual. It’s a project, but makes no financial sense. Unless you can find the parts for super cheap.

4 wheel drive conversions should be done if you have the time money and patience for your project, it should(in my opinion) be done for your project, or what ever you want. Just have the money time and patience. I'm looking into it cos I have a project I'm planning, I was even thinking of using the 4wd system out of an audi or the components from a lightly wrecked one.

I probably got one of the rare situations where AWD swapping a car is not only useful but necessary for it to function the way i need it to. I have a EV converted dodge charger and im planning on adding a front wheel drivetrain to make it into a ridiculously powerful hybrid.

“Because technically you wouldn’t have a prop shaft. You’d have a flop shaft. “. That just killed me. Lol

Transmission question. I have a manual trans Golf Alltrack (obv already 4motion) and I just want to change the gearing. Could I put the right diff inside an mk5/6 gti trans and pull off it's passenger axle flange and that's it? Use the Alltrack bevel box, etc. Or, Could I drop all the gti gearing into my Alltrack trans housing?

planning to buy a fwd mirage asti as my first project car, my first mod is going to make it awd so i can replace the brakes

I want to do this on my car but only because the volvo c30 does not come with AWD as an option but because it shares a platform with other volvo models that also have AWD equipped as an option makes an awd swap is supposedly a bolt on project with some modification to the wiring harness. Theres not many guide videos on that though just videos of people with the end result already done

Thoughts on buying a wrecked ford focus rs and swapping the drive train into a Volvo c30 t5?

I drive an Audi A5 8F convertible. I associate a lot of beautiful memories with this car, and I've also revised a lot and tuned it. I prefer a manual switch ... unfortunately the A5 Cabriolet with the CNCD engine was never built as a quattro, but as an automatic version. The conversion would unfortunately be much too complex and might not work properly. Greetings from Germany

If you were to use a DSG 02E on a mkv gti wouldn't you only need to get a transfer case and spindle from a mkvr32?

Funny I just watched the RWD series yesterday, would love to make a Mk7 tdi sport wagon AWD

Hypothetically lol... nissan juke. The awd is automatic and the fwd is 6spd manual. Would it be easier to get the awd and covert to manual than to convert the manual to awd? Sorry but I really enjoy the thought of a manual 6spd juke. Thank you love the content

@Deutscheautoparts where did yall get the taillights for this car???

If your not in a hurry you can piece a swap together for a decent price. It will take a lot of time and searching tho. I got a complete tiguan rear end for $150, a low mile tiguan rear diff for $150, TT bevel box for $150, CC AWD gas tank for $50.

you dont need to mill the gearbox mount. the 5sp golf mk5 mount will bolt upto the 6sp mk4/audi tt mk1 gearbox

I have a 2012 VW Beetle TDI Cabrio with a manual. It's lifted on 27" tires. I'd like awd to go down deep sand and slippery snow. I can't buy a cabrio that gets 54mpgs and can tow my camper trailer haha. Seems like a good idea, sorta sketched though.

So what do I do if the car I'm trying to do never came with AWD? I know some older civics came with AWD but the 9th gen Honda accord didn't.

Yeah, I shouldn't do it. But what if I want a manual 4 motion TDI?

88 town car aod trans. 5.0 engone. so the ford explorer from the 90s has some 4x4 stuff. any thaughts dudes? i just learned the term prop shaft!

I live in canada, I'm trying to ls swap my car and make 800whp hopefully, should I consider doing an AWD if I want to daily the car and be more safe during the Winter?

I want an AWD E30 but they’re really rare so I was thinking just doing it. I only found 1 325IX and it was unlisted months ago.

I'm just about to wrap up a haldex and 1.8t swap on my mk1 rabbit which was never designed to be AWD so I needed to install the tunnel from my donor 2008 vr6 passat and make custom subframe mounts for both the front and rear subframes. Fortunately the majority of everything was from the donor that only cost $1000 out the door.

Watching this cos I’m thinking of swapping my st to awd as it’s just a track car anyway and best way to improve lap times is awd it fwd ain’t cutting it now 🤣

how possible convert t5 or higher transporter swb with a rear diff lock? i need a awd van but in my country there is not a lot.

i was thinking of doing this to my tiguan is a 6 speed manual. but like you said it gets very expensive.

The only time this swap makes sense to me is to swap to a car that was never AWD like a beetle.. If mine was AWD, I would have kept it instead of getting an S3. For exhaust, cheapest to get one close and then just mod it. e.g. I got a GTI exhaust off ebay, then cut off the outlets and modified to work for my Beetle.

Would you happen to have a full parts list to do it?

thank you fore the advise

Wonder how difficult this would be on a MK7 GLI

I have an audi a3 2007 base model and wish I had AWD would it be bolt on if i find all the pieces necessary on ebay from an a3 quattro?

OK, what about swapping an automatic car, such as the Arteon, to a 6-sp manual????

I like how he said AWD is pointless then I looked at R34 Skyline GTR prices lol GTT it is this Vids perfect!!!!

Would you recommend doing this on a mk3 Scirocco, or something else wich never came with 4wd from the factory?

I need to bookmark this so I can watch it again to remind me not to AWD swap my 06 GLI.

It is way expensive to swap to AWD in my GTI. Thanks for changing my mind. Maybe next time I’ll just buy a golf R.

What if the AWD version of the car you want to convert is houndeds of thousands more than your current version (ie r34 gtr to its rwd r34 skyline)

Hey does a gen 4 ttrs haldex work in a mk5 gti?? Is it any different than the mk6 r?? Can’t find anything on this

Would this be the same as if you wanted to do it with a Peugeot 206 GTI..??

Ok let say I have a 16 Passat 3.6. Those years didn't come AWD but the older 12 did but those from what I can tell used the o9g auto garbage. So what if I want to AWD swap the 16 Passat keeping my dsg and add some turbos. Would this still be a dumb swap?

Is there any awd system that bolts directly on to the mk4 jetta?

How did you address the cooling lines of the diff?

Is possible to buy a full swap from audi s3 8p and put it on my a3 8p dsg without modifications ? Thanks

Hey ! I'm thinking the other way, i've got a MKV R32 but i would like to remove the 4 motion (prop shaft, transfer case and rear case). The only wall i'm facing is coding the car to remove electronicaly the 4 motion ! Any ideas ? Thank you !

It says YOUR CAR, not YOUR VW. Anyway. Love the channel and have a 2004 Mitubishi Lancer wagon rusting away, for which an old dream of mine has been to install a 2,0TDI from a VW (Mitsus had 2,0 VW diesel engines in some cars, like the Grandis mini van) and make it AWD by using the bits from the same generation Outlander. Should all be easy, right? I mean, they had AWD in all gens of EVOS, and in Japan they even had wagon 8th gen EVOS. Anyway. If anyone has any insight, would be much appreciated. Well done for the RWD Golf GTI.

I have a 2014 Beetle TDi with the DSG transmission. I am currently mapping out a plan to lift it and turn it into an off roader. Are there any caveats you can think of to doing this conversion on my vehicle? Unfortunately the vast majority of information out there applies to the older "new beetles" and not to the 12-19 redesign.

I'm really wanting to do a similar thing but can't find anyone that's done my car before. It's a astra H vxr so don't really have many options to take parts from. Oh and it's running a saab b204 engine and a vauxhall combo diesel gearbox 😂

Now my question is can you do it to a 2015 jetta tdi facelift

That's crazy, no kidding it's better to sell the 2wd and buy a Awd, but! it's awesome to see it done. thanks

Hi guys. I have a question maybe you can help me. I need to know the code for rear diff fluid. My car has haldex 4. 2011 skoda octavia 4x4 basically same as golf mk6 4motion wagon I tried every option parts stores mecanic's eaven searched my self after vin number the thing is after vin number it results the G052 diff oil, there s aftermarket support for that and after type of vehicle search it results the G055 oil wich is like 150$ for 1 liter no after market support. Cand you guys help me out i'vs seen you worked on mk5 golf it has same haldex as my car, maybe you changed it.

2 maybe 3 awd projects planned. Miata maybe with a Honda awd set up like civics for racing use keep the hp low ish like 350. More likely just a rwd engine swap. 2 deffs at some point awd plans. 4 door gtst to gtr conversion. Either with an rb30 block with 25 or 26 heads. Or a custom rb30 rb26 and 2jz hybrid from Australia. Or potentially a newer v6 style gtr or z platform engine. Upgraded awd system based off attessa but electronic and faster scanning and more programmable. 350z awd with a gtr style awd system but using some g35 bits. Gtr transmission and transfer case. G35 bits for the front suspension and hubs. Some stock 350z suspension bits. 350z engine but built. Maybe upgrade to an r35 engine. Widebody kit and extra rubber in the rear should help a bit with the added front weight. Since race car show car daily sports car. Eventually some custom or aftermarket suspension bits to reduce weight back to stock in the front. Weigh less than a skyline same awd system but now more programmable and can turn it off at will to rwd for drifting. Interior has to partially be re done but still looks factory so aftermarket bits can be used to make some of it easy. Since aftermarket gtr awd bits for sensors and computers and aftermarket ecus and other stuff. Means some reduced weight off the system and space. And reduced space off the stock ecu and wiring. Hide a mini car computer diy in it. Ssd storage and a connection to the ecu for tuning. Add in a sim card reader and attena and bam diy car wifi. Some of the stuff for the 350 also applies to the gtr conversion. Reduces weight increases performance and actually saves money long term on the conversion and build. Improves reliability. But both projects are gonna require so much build time and work. Basically instead of paying big money for certain oem gtr bits. You can spend similar sometimes less or only a little more for huge upgrades. Aftermarket billet transfer case and the aftermarket upgraded transmissions being examples. Though the lighter car means less stress starting with something 1000whp capable on an awd gtr means its done besides bear sets on the 350z. And should require less maintenance and servicing. Daily 4 door suoer car slayer family car. Lighter smaller more sporty looking 2 seater coupe super car slayer. Both at probably 800 to 1000whp for like 50k each or less depending. Skyline cost a bit more since I want it done right and might use some r35 bits. Can find a good clean manual 350z in buildable condition for 5k or less. Even expensive option with the 16-18k sequential or dct transmissions. Say 23k, billet transfer case I think was 3k. If I remember correctly the other attesa bits was like 2k for the upgraded one. The g35 bits not that expensive I'd say probably 5k at most. Body work 2 days so figure a couple grand at worst. Ecu couple grand for fancy one. All out engine and turbo. Like 10k on engine work 7k turbo set up Diy you could probably into it on all brand new bits for like 50k and be pumping pretty high horse power awd. Potentially less. One of the cheaper transmissions options. See about a stock transfer case from Nissan maybe a nismo upgraded one is available for less. But then you also have a bunch of spare bits to sell. And I'd you get one with the body work for a widebody already done cheap and or some turbo and engine work you might not need as much. If you can build the engine yourself and put together a cheaper turbo set up. If you can get the g35 bits cheaper than I guessed which is probably the case. Skyline starts where I live for a gtst for like 10k. Add like 30k for the engine from aussie but good for thousands of hp. Just need some turbos. Rest is very similar except a few more expensive gtr bits. And the necessary body work. But last I checked like 60 to 70k. Maybe more depending how fancy you go. Might be able to save a bit in some places. Lowest I figured the awd 350z conversion would be like 35k ish meaning potentially sub 40k. Lowest for the gtr like 55k ish. 350z more stock. Gtr still pretty custom and the closer you get to factory gtr for certain shit the more money. Especially if you want built factory gtr. Custom highly built gtr with a bunch of factory shit removed and new interior cheaper. For my gtr a little bit more given left hand drive conversion. But less than if I was trying to fully emulate the stock interior. The touch displays are dying and annoying to replace. So custom infotainment. But still inspired off the stock just modernized like a resto mod. Plus the 4 door Skyline perfect family car for the r34. Big car anyways why not take advantage of the 4 door life. Diy car computer also means easy to do diy headrest displays and other cool stuff. For the price of buying a gtr and building it to similar levels. I get something more custom. Just as fast or faster. More unique. And modernized everywhere almost. So show car race car daily car cause the gtr can be dailied when built right if you do regular maintenance which is reduced in cost my route. Plus a family car. 350z cheaper gtr that's a 2 seater and with the 350z body kits available you can make look very very sporty. Gtr kind of a sleeper. 350z a sleeper but in a completely different sense. And monsters are different to rwd monsters. Also means for the gtr I can build in a roll cage that's hidden super easy given it's a full rebuild. 350z leave alone to start. Extra strength and stiffness hidden so stock look except a few peekaboos and you can still have bolt in side bars for track days but cleaner and hidden mounts. And keeps passengers safer. Plus the 4 door body would have to be made stiffer for the doors. And the rear door front frame gives you a perfect spot to hide a side bar that runs vertical. Both side of the floor. Front pillars rear pillars frame between the front and rear doors covers roof sides floor and connects the whole chassis. Cause body work means paint. Do the bondo or body filler yourself properly. Thin down to bare metal as little as possible. Get a cheap maaco or similar paint job. Then polish and smooth out the paint yourself. Use as a cheap primer. Have nice final color coat and clear done on top but less work for the expensive painters to do. Because old gtst likely needs work you save some money going straight to conversion upgrades like lights as well. Upgraded straight to modern brighter leds. Any custom body kit stuff can also help versus getting high end stock body kit panels.

I already have a awd 2003 bmw 325ix, i want to engine swap but i dont know if all engines are compatible for a awd. And im in California so i want it street legal

I’m more curious about making a car awd that doesn’t have an awd model. This seems more like taking a fwd model and just getting the parts of the same car that came as the awd version

Should you AWD your car? No, no you shouldn't. Lol that made my day.

I have a CRV's B20 engine, and I want to install it on a Willys jeep, so that it can be AWD, what do I need? please help me

Safe to assume the MK5 and a3 8p stuff are identical?

#shopdap #daprepair Hey guys! I love your channel AND I’ve been a VW driver for over 25 years (I’m 37). Currently we have a 2013 Tdi Sportwagen...and we live in the mountains in Canada. This is one of my favourite Dubs to date, with the only drawback being it’s FWD. If I wanted an AWD TDI Sportwagen would I be better off swapping a TDI engine into a existing AWD wagon, or convert mine to AWD? I have all tools and equipment needed to do either job, but haven’t done such a huge mod before...I would love the advice! Why am I stuck on the Sportwagen? Well...after having a Tiguan and Touareg, the wagon has more cargo room...which is killer since we do loads of road trips...so yeah. Keep up the good work! Thanks!!!

What about a year 2000 gti golf. Is it posable for me make that a AWD car

What kind of car would I need to awd a Cadillac seville?

So I was doubting on the idea to do it on my mk2 octavia vrs and managed to get my hands on 8p quattro whit all the bits

Can someone tell me if you can turn a awd to a rear wheel drive only ?

Does the A3 8P MK2 rear fubframe fit or needs 2008-2012?

I have a dumb question: How much harder would it be to just fit another engine in the trunk and sync everything up?

Are there any cars besides a skyline with a longitudinal AWD layout?

What if one already has an awd vehicle and is looking for different motors to swap

what about mk4 chassis? Interested in Doing an R32 jetta swap

I would love to do this with a kia cadenza and a stinger awd platform

hey I'm looking to build a 1968 mercury cougar,AWD,,can you recommend anything i can use as a donor..

Well the main reason people awd swap their car is for more grip. If they have a lot of power and can’t put it down through their 2 wheels they just awd swap their car so they can grip more and be able to launch it.

I would assume this would also work for a beetle?

Can you do this with a gen2 Subaru BRZ?

They never made an AWD Golf Mk6 TDI though so I can’t just sell mine and buy another. It would be very useful once I get around to putting 500+ft/lbs to the wheels.

Just knowing that it is possible, is very often good enough. How about doing a Audi b5 V8 swap?

Hey guys I have a p0191 and p0089 code I just got today on my mk5 gti. Anything you would recommend to look at / replace! Thank you guys

You say I shouldn't AWD swap my car? What if I already swapped my Chevy SSR's 5.3L with a 7L LS7 and I want as much trackion on the drag strip as possible?

I want to do this to my Kia Cerato Koup TD :)