BUILDING A SKODA OCTAVIA VRS WITH AN AUDI RS3 ENGINE!! PT.2...
Summary
TLDRThe video follows a car enthusiast restoring two VRS Octavia cars. After acquiring damaged engines from each car, he plans to take the good RS3 engine and install it into the red Octavia body. He removes body panels and engines, realizing the engines have different codes, likely making them incompatible. Despite this setback, he remains determined, seeking workarounds and ordering new parts to continue the project. The reality of complex auto repairs is revealed through both triumphs and challenges.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video is about working on an Audi RS3 engine swap project for an Octavia VRS
- 🚗 There are two Octavia VRS cars, one with a good engine and one with a broken engine
- 🔧 The plan is to take the good RS3 engine from a damaged RS3 and put it in the red Octavia VRS
- 🚦 The RS3 engine needs damaged parts replaced before it can go in the Octavia VRS
- 💵 The project is already racking up expenses for new parts needed
- 🔥 There was some fire damage to the RS3 engine's turbo and intake
- 👷♂️ The engine will be removed from the white Octavia VRS through the front
- 🤔 The white Octavia had less damage than expected for a Cat N car
- 😟 The RS3 engine is a different code than the Octavia VRS engine
- ⏳ More research is needed to see if the engines can be swapped
Q & A
What cars are involved in the project?
-There are two Skoda Octavia vRS cars - one red and one white. There is also an RS3 engine and gearbox that will be going into the red Octavia.
What is the goal of the project?
-The goal is to take the good RS3 engine and put it into the red Octavia vRS to improve its performance. The original engine in the red Octavia was bad.
What damage did the RS3 engine have?
-The RS3 engine had some fire damage, a damaged turbo, damaged rocker covers and engine mounts. Some new parts will need to be ordered.
Why can't the GTR project proceed at the moment?
-The GTR needs to go on a jig to be worked on but there is not enough space in the workshop. It is waiting for another local shop that has space on their jig.
What accessories are being removed to get the engine out of the white Octavia?
-The front bumper, wings, wheel liners, slam panel and airbox are being removed to improve access to take the engine out through the front of the car.
How will the battery be relocated?
-Because the RS3 engine is larger, the battery will likely need to be moved to the boot for more space.
What was the bad news discovered about the Octavia engines?
-The engine codes were completely different between the two Octavia vRS models indicating they may not be compatible for swapping parts.
What is the upload schedule planned?
-The goal is to upload one vRS project video per week on Sundays. Additional videos on other projects will be uploaded during the week.
What punctured the turbocharger?
-It appears debris entered and damaged the turbocharger after the RS3 engine was in an accident.
How can additional project updates be accessed?
-By subscribing to the YouTube channel, viewers can get notifications when new project update videos are uploaded.
Outlines
😃 Introducing the Octavia VRS engine swap project
The narrator provides an overview of the Octavia VRS engine swap project involving two Octavias. The goal is to take the good RS3 engine from the damaged red Octavia and transplant it into the white Octavia with the broken engine.
👷♂️ Removing damaged parts from the RS3 engine
The narrator begins disassembling the damaged RS3 engine from the red Octavia to assess what needs replacing. The turbo and exhaust components are found to be damaged and will need replacing.
🚚 Bringing the white Octavia into the workshop
The white Octavia with the broken engine is brought into the workshop. The front end damage is assessed and found to be mostly superficial. The engine will be removed by taking off the front end of the car.
😥 Discovering the engine difference between the Octavias
While starting to remove the engine from the white Octavia, the narrator discovers the engine code is completely different than the RS3 engine. This presents a major potential compatibility issue.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Engine swap
💡Damaged parts
💡Adapter pipes
💡Facelift
💡Engine codes
💡Front end removal
💡Battery relocation
💡Unexpected problems
💡Parts ordering
💡Build series
Highlights
The project involves swapping an RS3 engine into an Octavia vRS to upgrade its performance
The RS3 engine comes from a damaged car so needs repaired and new parts ordered before fitting
The original Octavia engine will be moved to another Octavia that will be sold to help fund the project
The RS3 engine has an aluminum block instead of iron, and a better turbo allowing for more power gains when tuned
The original turbo is damaged and unserviceable so will be replaced with the RS3 "dazer" turbo
Adapter pipes and a new actuator are needed for the dazer turbo install, costing over £250
The engine will be removed through the front of the car after removing damaged body panels
There is surprisingly little damage to the Octavia apart from easily repairable body panels
The battery tray needs removed as the RS3 engine is bigger and may need the battery relocated
The engine codes between the RS3 donor engine and Octavia are completely different
This engine code difference may cause compatibility issues with swapping parts between engines
Videos will aim to be weekly during the project build despite delays waiting for parts
This is the first major issue holding up progress but is common with complex projects
The videos give an inside look at the realities and challenges with engine swap projects
Additional videos will help fill time during delays to keep providing content
Transcripts
we are back on the scoda Octavia vrs3
project guys we have one Octavia we have
two octavias we have an RS3 engine and
gearbox with subframe as well and we've
got a broken Octavia vrs 2 L engine too
now for those of you new to the channel
That haven't seen this video before go
click in the top right hand corner go
watch the project up to date so you
understand what I'm telling you but a
quick recap good engine bad engine bad
engine you just saw good engine going in
the red one RS3 engine
going in here that's pretty much what
we're doing so in today's video we're
going to be stripping down the RS3
engine cuz this also come out of a
damaged
RS3 um so there's actually quite a lot
of damaged Parts on here so we need to
strip those down start ordering new
parts so when we get the white one in
and the engine out of that we can then
fit this in all ready to go but in
between doing that when we take the
engine out of this one which is good I
need to put it in the red one and sell
the red one now I don't know if I've
just helped you or confused you I think
I've pretty much confused myself
explaining all that uh yeah just go with
me and for those of you asking about the
GTR it needs to go on a jig which is
what the hold up is about I was trying
to get my own jig but there's just not
enough room really in this Workshop to
do that uh so I have found someone local
to me that's going to get it on the jig
but I'm just literally waiting uh for
them to be able to do it and on compete
for cars now guys is the t-rock that I
just recently rebuilt now this is HPI
clear low mileage only a year old so
you've got manufacturers warranty
remaining tickets are only 99 go grab
them only 50% of the tickets are sold so
far guys so go grab a ticket it's a
great little car and there's also a
20,000 cash alternative if you don't
fancy the car so as I said we'll start
off with the RS3 engine and start taking
Parts off of this and I'm going to write
a list go to Audi directly ring up and
see how much they're going to pull my
pants down for all new parts cuz uh we
need like rocker covers damaged there
we've got the turbo outlets and inlets
although I have a dazer turbo now I just
thought i' pause it there cuz I keep
saying the word dazzer and realize that
not everyone's going to know what I'm
going on about dazzer relates to the
engine code of the new facelifted RS3 8
engine it has an aluminum block instead
of an iron block which is what this one
has and it also has a different turbo
now the turbo on the facelift the dazer
turbo is actually a better turbo and has
better gains when you remap them which
is why I'm changing it to that so now
you know uh so I need to actually give
them a regge from a facelift RS3 cuz
we're going to need facelift intake
pipes and intercooler pipes as well cuz
I I think they're going to be slightly
different um I also need to Source a
down pipe as well because uh yeah this
one's no good because obviously it's a
pre-f facelift downpipe uh we also need
engine mounts gearbox and um engine
there is a few other bits um I actually
just noticed a minute ago a bit of fire
damage in here as well cuz that pipe's
been burnt and there looks like a maybe
a few little flames in there so
hopefully that's nothing I'm I'm hoping
that's just something's rested against
ah there we go look I think it's just
something's rested against the exhaust
when the crash
happened uh probably this pipe actually
that would make sense and it's got hot
melted little bit of a fire hopefully
nothing too bad um we need um cooler
pipes for the gearbox we need a new
gearbox casing cuz that's broke yeah
we're just going to go through
everything and I'll try and get
everything right so when it comes to
getting this engine in the car it can go
in and not have to come back out again
so we'll start off by removing the
intake and that is the charge pipe that
would normally go to the intercooler and
the take going from the airbox now both
these are quite badly damaged so we'll
start removing those first and that
gives us access to our turbo which is
already in a bad
way I think something either got into
this
turbo or it's not too healthy
anyway cuz
uh a little bit of play I think it's all
right
but yeah sounds like it's catching so I
reckon a bit of dead got in there and
bent one of the
turbines then to get the rest of the
turbo off we just need to remove our
downpipe and then we got to remove our
oil and coant lines which go to the
block and then also our exhaust manifold
once we've undone the five Bool of that
we just need to lever it off and get it
off the
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head
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so I'm glad I took the turbo off and I'm
glad I'm changing the turbo because this
one is unserviceable um it's if you look
at the cat look at that it looks like
it's been peppered with loads of little
bit of debris which may have happened
but it also looks like it's got too hot
and melted so I'm not too sure really um
but if we look at the Turbo from the
face of it I don't know what this white
stuff is either is that coolant burning
I'm not 100% um but on the face of it
looks all right look turbine impeller
both of them are absolutely fine but as
you heard a minute
ago you can hear that noise and that
noise is the turbine shaft catching on
the top of the housing just up here
if you see at the bottom look there's a
bit of a big gap probably like a 1 M Gap
whereas at the top there there is no
Gap and that's that noise you can hear
there is it catching on the top but
there's a little bit of play in it and
if I push it
down then wait it's hard to do but I can
get it so it doesn't make a noise at all
it's hard so yeah it's does need
repairing that wouldn't be able to go
back on the car like that so luckily I
don't really care because we're not
fitting that anyway we're fitting the um
dazer turbo which we'll take a look at
the differences in a
moment um but otherwise yeah there's
definitely been a little fire in here
probably gone down there by the looks of
it I can't see any damage inside there
no debris either valves look okay so I
think we're going to be okay there so
I'm just going to put a load of tape
over this in a minute tape all those
holes up as well cuz there's just a lot
of dirt that needs cleaning off of this
before we can do too much more yeah I
was hoping I could sell that turbo one
for a couple of hundred quid but now I
can't uh not the end of the world I
suppose but um yeah we move on we keep
going and find some more broken bits so
already the bills are racking up new oil
cap 33 quid um new engine mounts and
gearbox Mount I think about 190 quid for
both and these are the or caps brand new
the engine mounts are second hand um new
wishbones I think was about 100 pound uh
what else have we got we've got the
rocker cover just bought a brand new one
of those for 100 quid as well um and
that is pretty much all we need to get
the engine into position stuff like all
these coolant hoses uh wiring Etc we can
start working on once the engine and
gearbox is in the car now I've just been
speaking to someone who has recently
converted that CZ GB engine uh to a
dazer turbo basically doing what I'm
doing here and thank you very much he
sent me a link to what I need to be a to
do it um another 250 quid down the drain
but we need a few adapters so what I
thought this coolant pipe here is
interchangeable so is the this pipe here
the oil return pipe um it's these two
pipes here that need adapters fitting on
them um so they can fit into the engine
so yeah 250 quid later couple of
adapters and also I need a new turbo
actuator because that one is vacuum fed
the old old one whereas the new one is
pressure Fed so I have to buy a new
actuator to do that as well so I think
the actuator is the most expensive part
so yeah Parts ordered yeah and things
like the drive shafts I I'll probably
send them away to be repaired and
reconditioned but they can be done as I
say once the engine is already in the
car so now while we're waiting for the
RS3 engine parts to turn up we're going
to get the white Octavia into the
workshop we're going to start stripping
off the damage basically most of the
front end uh and then we'll take the
engine out as well and then I'll don't
know how far I'll get in this video but
I'll speed up the process fitting the
engine into the red one there's a lot
going
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on so good news uh my LED headlight
still work so that's an absolute result
and I've just found out the hard way
well I think no it's actually a good way
the emergency proactive pedestrian
systems the you know when emergency
braking uh is actually really good and I
didn't realize it works in Reverse too I
was just reversing the car into the
workshop and uh completely daydreaming
about what I was going to film next and
I completely forgot I placed my camera
there to film me reversing into the
workshop and as I was driving backwards
it literally just slammed on the brakes
on me flashed up on the dash and works
really well because it stopped me from
running over my camera so that works and
it works in Reverse so if you didn't
know you
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know so removing the engine on this
we're going to do a little bit
differently because of the front ends
all damaged you're going to have to take
off the front anyway so I'm going to
remove all the um bumper the
lock carrier intercooler radiator and
we're going to pull the engine out
through the front and we're going to
have to do that anyway cuz when we're
putting the RS3 engine in it's not
definitely not going to be as simple so
I'm going to need as much access as
possible to get it in and there's no way
I think I could raise it up through the
bottom so yeah the whole front end of it
is coming off now just looking at the
damage um it should be superficial on
this I don't think we've looked at it
before uh this is a category n car but
if you look at my uh go and click on the
top round Corner when you got 5 minutes
go watch the video I in the polo and the
S1 category cars are a bit hit Miss at
the moment we don't know what's going on
so um it should be superficial I think
oh bit of body damage there that should
be a cat S I think um yes we're going to
remove all this have a look at the
damage but I think Wing headlight
bumper uh few probably bits few little
bits behind the bumper but it does drive
straight um so yeah so let's get let's
start stripping the parts down now
because we're do doing the engine
transport we need to remove as much as
possible anyway so we're going to start
with the front wheels and both of the
wheel Arch liners that just gives us a
little bit more access to remove the
bumper a bit more easily and then once
we got the bumper off yeah it was a bit
of a mess couldn't really get into this
corner it was all bent up and round so I
ended up having to break the bumper just
to get it off but once we did that it
then come off pretty
easily then we got just remove the under
tray and the few screws underneath the
bumper holding on at the bottom and then
the whole thing can just pretty much
fall off I'm thinking cross it should
all just come
off might be a bit harder this
side oh actually I don't think we need
to unbolt the headlight will
we no no we
don't oh no we do tell them by the
wiring
lovely our
job and while I'm here I thought I might
as well remove the wing as we got
removed anyway and also the Bonnet as
that's got to come off
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too right it's the only bit of real
damage is just this tiny little bit here
that's bent I am literally just going to
bend that back it is nothing wrong with
just bending this back here
so that's now all the damage out now the
only little bit of damage it was I just
showed you I've just straightened it
back up look so that's now absolute spot
on again um so yeah the only other bit
of damage is just this slam panel which
we're going to remove anyway to change
the engine so when I put it back
together we'll just get a new Slam panel
to put on but otherwise though there is
no other damage which is good so the um
crash bar the front's intact little bit
of foam missing not too bothered about
that but everything else is all good
wheel Larch good everything else good so
um that is all the damage now removed
apart from the slam panel so what we're
now going to do is I'm just going to
carry on removing this slam panel
removing that headlight and getting the
front end off now luckily on the Octavia
the um washer bottle is on the passenger
side so I haven't got any of that to
worry about um and also the Bonnet cable
as well so luckily that's all over this
side so we're going to car out and
remove the whole front end and then to
get the rest of the slam panel off it's
quite simple headlight out it got a few
bits of wiring to remove from the front
bumper like the horns Etc then we've got
the airbox which is actually connected
to the slam panel remove the whole
airbox we've also got the battery and
the battery tray we have the washer jet
hose that sits up there as well then we
just got some intake pipes intercooler
pipes and we've got coolant going into
the radiator as well we need to drain it
the radiator I normally tend to do this
when it's too late and get coolant all
over the floor however again I've been
proactive and managed to actually drain
most of it into the oil drainer so yeah
once we got the radiator pipes off got
the cooling out as much as possible got
the air Cony to degas the system as well
and then was just a case of removing the
crash bar which holds on the slam panel
and then just pulling the whole thing
forward now I'm just removing the
battery and the battery tray as we need
to get rid of that any anyway cuz it
sits on top of the gearbox but
interestingly because the RS3 engine is
bigger I think we're going to have to
actually relocate the battery to the
boot so that'll be quite interesting
too right we got some good and some bad
news but I'm pretty sure the bad news is
going to far out way they're good um new
genuine oil cap has just turned up so I
can get rid of that and just stick that
on there for now just so it's sealed
well just not getting anything in it
anyway I go that' be right like that so
that's good but yeah quite bad news and
that's because I've just been working
away at the top here just starting to
disconnect stuff and I just started to
go around this side of the engine to
start removing the coolant uh bottle and
stuff and I noticed there was an
additional sort of sensor here and a
bracket and I was like well I don't
recognize that I'm pretty sure that
wasn't on the old engine so I've just
gone over to the old engine and sure
enough there is nothing here at all so
I'm like oh my God surely these are the
same engine they're both octav vrss
one's a 68 plate one's an 18 plate why
would there be any different so I just
looked at the engine code and this one I
don't know if you can see down there you
probably can't but that says dkt in
there somewhere and this one couldn't be
any more different with C HH and usually
engines when they're like the same
platform but they just change a little
bit of Hardware or something like that
they like chh and then the letter on the
end of the engine changes which I think
denotes software and then one letter
down indicates a hardware change uh I
think it goes something like that but we
are not even close to that we are just a
completely different engine code Al
together so um yeah I think I'm going to
have to end end the video there guys and
work out if these two engines are now
going to be compatible um if I can swap
everything over and if I can't I need uh
I've yeah I've got quite a big problem
so um I'm going to end the video there
guys a bit prematurely but I need to now
work out what I'm going to do I hope you
did enjoy this video there was never
going to be a straightforward project
like this it was never going to go to
plan this was always going to be on the
cards something holding us up and yeah
we've we've cter encountered our first
issue um but as I say it's it's good
content cuz it kind of it shows the
reality of doing stuff like this
nothing's ever easy nothing is ever
given there's always going to be
problems on the way so um yeah please do
subscribe if you haven't seen these
videos before guys um and I shall see
you in the next one I'm going to try and
get the uh the vrs project out one like
one episode a week maybe on a Sunday and
then during the week I've got some other
stuff to film as well so while I'm
waiting for parts for the RS3 engine to
turn up as well I'm going to try and get
out like two videos a week I know I keep
saying it it's going to be very
difficult um but I'm going to try and do
something like that so yeah I'll catch
you in the next one guys and uh hope you
had a good weekend cheers
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