Diesel Engine Swap Automatic Transmission ?

[tjlis2004]

Hello and good afternoon!

This is my first post on TRS. I've got a question about swapping in the 1.9L or 2.0L Volkswagen TDI engine. My question pertains on how to get the 5R44E automatic transmission to talk with the TDI ECU. I read that you could use an aftermarket transmission controller but I have not found one that is designed to work with the 5R44E transmission. As always if there is a way to pin it out to work with the TDI ECU I'd rather do that as it's one less thing to have to wire in. I've done a ton of searching and googling but have not come up with any answers. Any guidance you can give would be great.

 

[Evguy1]

Did you read my thread?
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161412

 

[RonD]

Yes, Evguy1 did keep the auto and got it working.

I would suggest going with manual trans, then you can decide RPM shift points

 

[fte]

I have built two diesel swap rigs using auto's, one non electric and the other computer controlled. My conclusion is manual transmissions are the best way to go because the auto's are set-up for gassers and trying to get the shift points dialed in is a real pain. The computer controlled one worked better, but still left me thinking it could have been better. Plus the mpg's suffer, my experience showed @ 5mpg loss over the manual, mpg's are my goal.

 

[Evguy1]

I totally agree that manual is best. All 4 of our family vehicles have diesel swaps and all 4 are standards.
Some people just want automatics and so you have to work with that.

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink. ;>)