20vt from an ibiza cupra

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20vt from an ibiza cupra

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does anybody know what all parts i would need to get for this conversion, ie engine wise and chassis etc. parts ive seen advertised are:
inlet manifold
throttle body
injectors and rail
turbo and manifold
ecu
loom

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Pretty sure you can use the driveshafts and 'box also? Tom is doing that I THINK.

This really going down?
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Tim_GTi wrote:Pretty sure you can use the driveshafts and 'box also? Tom is doing that I THINK.

This really going down?
Tom has DONE that hahahah

to be honest you really want the whole car to make it easier....

you will need custom mounts, driveshafts and downpipe and the wiring is fun but all depends if you run the ibiza ECU or go crappy standalone management
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is a £1000 ono a good price for what i listed above? Also would it be feasible to do this swap at home?
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1der wrote:is a £1000 ono a good price for what i listed above? Also would it be feasible to do this swap at home?
ummm its an 'ok' price

i paid £1300 for a whole rear ended seat ibiza that was also a Golf+ feature car....

I honestly dont think its a great idea to try this swap at home
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Why not do the swap at home?

If you know what you are doing is nothing that tricky about it......

But then again.... if you struggle to change lightbulbs..perhaps this is not for oyu :lol:
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tegwin wrote:Why not do the swap at home?

If you know what you are doing is nothing that tricky about it......

But then again.... if you struggle to change lightbulbs..perhaps this is not for oyu :lol:
have you done the swap yourself then...?!
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was thinking of doing it at home as i dnt really have many good garages that would do the swap for me.
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tomo87 wrote:
tegwin wrote:Why not do the swap at home?

If you know what you are doing is nothing that tricky about it......

But then again.... if you struggle to change lightbulbs..perhaps this is not for oyu :lol:
have you done the swap yourself then...?!
Haha... No... But I have built several cars from scratch.... does that count ;) And having done an engine swap on a polo.... its not that beyond possible to fit any engine into the polo if you can do a bit of welding etc
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its the wiring that will do you in tho
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Why? Its not a complicated engine from an electrical point of view.

There are a couple of companies who specialise in modifying VAG ECUs/clocks etc so they work without issues to allow just this to be performed.

When I was looking at using an A3 1.8T engine in a project car I was going to have to pay about £180 to have the ECU and clocks "unlocked" and simplified to work outside of the Audi car... Another 100 and they would happily chip it as well.... sadly I cant remeber the name of the company...they were down Bristol way somewere though!
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thats not doing it ya self tho isit :wink:
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Pfft... a merre technicality!
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I can't see what's wrong with getting an electrian specialist to do the wiring. It's better than dropping the whole thing off to a garage and picking it up 8 weeks later all done.
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REVO did immobilise and defeat on my Ibiza ECU for £200 I think.....

Yes you can do it on your own, it will take a long time.

Tegwin - as for doing engine swaps before yes it helps but this job really isn't easy, hence there are only 4 running ones in the UK.
Mine being the only one funning factory management too.
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