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engine transplants for a mkIII polo
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:11 pm
by colsy
hi ppl new, im to the site so helo!, prob been asked a thousand times, what transplants are common, what needs to be done how expensive are they, straight swap or not?? was thinking a mkI or mkII golf 1.6 or 1.8 GTI engine, is this possible? how much work is needed??
thanks in advance to any reply
Col.
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:44 pm
by yolmol
for ease... TBH i would say get the loom ecu and 3f lump
got a lot more grunt than a 1.3nz lol
1ls arent worth it
dont know much about other lumps 1.6's 1.8s 1.4's etc
although i think with a giant shoe horn and some work u can get a 1.6 16v in there
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:16 am
by Tahrey1043
It has to be a "short block" engine, unless you're prepared to make yourself a custom bonnet with a big ass bulge in it - and custom mounts. Which unfortunately rules out a lot of the larger units. I think I've heard one story of someone getting a 1.6 in there, but it was either a hybrid setup, or some short stroke oversquare variant. Mostly a 1.4 is your lot in a mk3, from as much as i've seen thru ukp anyway.
However a 1.4 GT or G40 would be a satisfying drive. The car's so lightweight after all that you can give some people a surprise in a 1.0 (and the regular GT/G40s are no slouches), so those would be very sparky.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:15 pm
by Karl_CLCoupe
I've heard that a 1.6 8v single point injection golf engine will go. It looks nearly identical to the polo one, and would require an additional engine mount making up, the 1.3SPi Polo throttl body, and if you wanted to a Mark3 gearbox.
Karl.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:05 pm
by colsy
thanks for your replys ppl, some interesting stuff sent, i like the sound of getting a G40 engine but have a feeling there probly hard to come across, does anybody have any suggestions as to where i mite aquire one?
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:03 pm
by Karl_CLCoupe
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:58 pm
by colsy
cheers buddy! luks like a usefull site
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:19 pm
by hardhitter
Best Power per £ has to be the 3F engine. Anything else you need plenty of money to do...
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:31 am
by Krupa
I'll second that, don't be fooled by the fact that you can get a G40 engine for under a grand. To do a G40 conversion 100% properly it's best to get all sorts of things renewed, like the charger (£500 if you want to go full blend, which you will!) fuel pumps (over £200 from VW, and at least £120 from GSF) filters and whatever gaskets are old and cronky. Things like that add up!
Including fitting and minus what I hope to get for my GT engine taken off my G40 conversion is costing me... well... a fair amount more than a grand.
