FAO Gareth GT...

pete69zx · Post by **pete69zx** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:57 pm

no t wanting to sound stupid, but... did u recently post up on 'porka' about having everything need to convert a 1.3cl to a GT? (ie... running gear etc)

Reason i ask is... i want to buy a GT engine this Saturday. I'm half way there to go & look @ one in your neck of the woods anyways.

Drop me an e-mail with how to contact you about this please or post up here.

Cheers.
Pete

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:02 pm

Sorry to say mate, but I nipped across to porka not so long ago, and its all sold, apart from the box.

http://www.porka.net/modules.php?name=X ... &tid=26786

Karl.

pete69zx · Post by **pete69zx** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:11 pm

@ Karl... thanx for letting me know m8

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:30 pm

How do. Yes a fellow uk-polos regular has bought the engine and ancillaries. Sorry.

pete69zx · Post by **pete69zx** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:20 pm

Cheers @ Gareth GT

jimbob · Post by **jimbob** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:51 pm

ok sorry about what i saidof your video but heres something which might cheer you up!!

VW Polo CL to GT Conversion

http://www.polo-gt.co.uk/mechanical/gtconversion.html

amstrange1 · Post by **amstrange1** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:10 pm

jimbob wrote:ok sorry about what i saidof your video but heres something which might cheer you up!!

VW Polo CL to GT Conversion

http://www.polo-gt.co.uk/mechanical/gtconversion.html

That article only explains how to stick GT injection on a AAV CL lump - I'd recommend that for the hassle and cost involved you go the whole hog and get a full GT engine and gearbox, as well as the injection system.

I've been there with the GT injection on an AAV (I wrote the article!), but without the close ratio GT box, higher GT compression ratio, and the hotter cam profile of the GT it's not that great a conversion. Although I did get 60bhp at the wheels (approx 70-75bhp at flywheel) with just the injection system, the power delivery and driveability weren't that great.

I got fed up with that conversion very quickly, and went and bought a scrap G40...