Auto 1g or 5 speed fwd?

[chanley talon]

Ok i have the oppurtunity to trade my 1g auto awd for a 5 speed turbo tsi fwd ? Which would you do? Keep the awd or trade? Heres info on the cars. My car 1g auto has a fresh rebuilt motor by me. It still needs a ecu and a radiator. But it runs good . Sounds really good.
Now the fwd turbo has been rebuilt to recently. Its problem is it has had a 1.8 5 speed
axles and clucthes put in it and cluth flwheel ect. So its not going to hold up and will need changed back? It has a 255lph fuel pump already in it. and a eprom ecu. Im not sure what will all go and stay my 1g auto has a 14b turbo and an upgraded 7cm turbine housing. It has 450s as well . The 1g auto needs some body work but it has nice leather interior.
The fwd also needs a liltle body work. So i dunno. What do you think? thanks

 

[1990clipse]

I have a FWD and i would love to have a n AWD but im not too crazy about having an automatic. I would say that it would be foolish to trade your 4g63t AWD for a 1.8 FWD just for the transmission. If you really want a badass car, just put a 5 speed in your car.

 

[cruisintalonawd]

I think hes mean that the 1.8 was put on the 2.0 maybe??? I would keep the AWD personaly i would rather have an automatic AWD then a manual 5 speed

 

[1990clipse]

Oh I see the FWD just has 1.8 parts in it. Id still keep the AWD and convert if you really want manual.

 

[tsi8820]

i agree if you really want a 5spd, spend a few hundred bucks and some garage time and swap your awd auto to manual.

 

[dikdiamond]

AWD for the win! I wouldn't trade my a/t awd for any fwd,though I might be biased in that I don't care about grabbing gears,which sounds like your main reason for trading.

 

[-TunedDSM-]

Keep your car, you know what has been done and that it has been done correctly. Search up on the auto to manual swap and when you are ready, do it.

 

[slcorman91]

I would keep that Auto AWD and put a nice converter in it. That thing would be a beast on the street with a few mods. I have been consider swapping all my 5sp awd stuff over to a Auto awd setup.

 

[rrussell]

Keep the auto awd. They can be made to run.

I'm going to a auto next winter if not sooner.

 

[bane3d]

If someone is willing to repair their manual car with the parts from a 1.8, what else were they willing to do? Keep your car, it's your baby and you know exactly how to take care of it.

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[Turbo_Joe]

Keep the AWD James!

 

[deathbydsm90]

WTF keep the awd. they have more potential than any 1.8fwd. id rather spend 6 hours doing a manual swap(which im doing) than getting a 1.8. I waited 5 months to get an awd to get out of my old fwd turbo and it was worth it!