i recently bought a T5 2010 mod from auction....180.000k's
twin turbo CFCA motor
found out on drive home that motor is blowing smoke
thats when i get into the whole CFC thing

so i kept checking auctions and up comes a 2017 Trakadu
35,000 k's.....bi turbo...burnt out camper so no mech damage

i am presently swapping out the engine
its also a 4 motion and has lots of other good parts which i will be usig eg.brakes,hubs,all coolers,radio,leather steering wheel,seikel shocks,exhaust,rotating seats(although they do need recovering due to roof melting and dripping on them)with armrests,cluster(has heaps more features than 2010,i just hope its compatable)

i rang my "go to man" today and told him what im doing.i said i swapped the ECU out too and he told me it wouldnt start unless i swapped cluster too...ah well,i was planning to do that anyway
first thing tomorrow ill swap cluste rand if theres a problem,i will put back the orig ecu before i get too much put back on

i also plan to use T6 front end as it has a bullbar...bonnet,front guards are different but they look like they will fit

today i dropped new engine into eng bay and started connecting
this is first time for me so been taking it slow but now starting to get really keen,seing it come together

will post mor pics as i get closer

russ