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Hi, I was considering 2 options for my car.
1st, Buy a 9n2 GTi and tune the engine in that or,
2nd, Do an engine conversion on my 6n2 GTi,

But I don't have the knowledge or experience at the moment to do a conversion so I have a few question...

What engine that can be highly tuned fits straight in as I don't want to cut and shut my engine bay?
What other things do I need to consider when doing a conversion other than suspension and breaks?
Any tips really and knowledge would be so useful

Thanks.

Mr Blobby wrote:Hi, I was considering 2 options for my car.
1st, Buy a 9n2 GTi and tune the engine in that or,
2nd, Do an engine conversion on my 6n2 GTi,

But I don't have the knowledge or experience at the moment to do a conversion so I have a few question...

What engine that can be highly tuned fits straight in as I don't want to cut and shut my engine bay?
What other things do I need to consider when doing a conversion other than suspension and breaks?
Any tips really and knowledge would be so useful

Thanks.

Right, first of all- tuning a 1.8t 9n2 would be miles easier as this engine is one of the most tuned on the road so resource is not scarce.

The engine to put in a 6n2 Gti is a 1.8t itself- and it is by far straight forward. Suspension and brakes are the least of your worries lol..

You would need a AYP engine lump, gearbox, loom, driveshafts, ecu

You'll need custom gearbox mounts, engine mounts made up plus a knowledge of ecu / loom wiring.

1.8T in a 6n2 isnt by any means easy - you need to shorten the 1.8T driveshafts for one!

Expect to pay in the region of 3-5k for a proper job on a conversion such as this.

Haha just as I thought, not an easy task,
I will not be doing this on my own then!
I don't suppose anyone knows of any companies that do engine conversions? This is something I would like to look into a bit further just so I know prices ect.

Thabkyou again

Might be worth trying to get in contact with a chap by the user name of 'jamie1.8pologti'
He was on club polo (dunno if he still goes on) and he's on clublupo as he's now got a lupo gti

Here's a link to his old thread;
http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/lofiver ... 30958.html


1der on this forum may be able to help to with some info as he now owns the polo

Cheers for that verity, Looking at his thread and he doesnt seem to know much about the car :S Someone asked what box it was and he didnt know... Weird.
But ill see what I can do

To put it simply your best selling your 6N2 GTI and replacing it with a 9N3 GTI, its dead money otherwise

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:To put it simply your best selling your 6N2 GTI and replacing it with a 9N3 GTI, its dead money otherwise

Yeah this. I've only had my 9n3 a day and while part of me misses the 6n2, the difference between the two is amazing, don't think I could go back

Good companies I was gona use a while back...

www.tsrengineconversions.co.uk


http://www.jbsautodesigns.co.uk/content/6/

Give these guys a call mate... Jbs are better but more expensive ....!!!

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:To put it simply your best selling your 6N2 GTI and replacing it with a 9N3 GTI, its dead money otherwise

Agreed. properly 4k+ for the conversion, gear box etc, and whilst it would be incredible, the car would properbly be only worth an extra £1500 if you tried to sell.

9n3 gti, remap, easy

Ohh thanks Craig Ive seen JBS before and thought their website looked good, Ill send them an email or ring them when I get the chance to get more information about the conversion Got me quite excited! Apart from I live in Portsmouth and they are in Derbyshire aha, 7 hour drive XD

If it is a no I will definatly be getting a 9n2 as I want more power to play with and this car does not offer that

That's the tsr place I ment ha... Always got them mixed up.... Nice one the godz....

Ha, Was wondering why it was only beetle engines...
Thanks again, Will get in contact with them.

Mr Blobby wrote:Ohh thanks Craig Ive seen JBS before and thought their website looked good, Ill send them an email or ring them when I get the chance to get more information about the conversion Got me quite excited! Apart from I live in Portsmouth and they are in Derbyshire aha, 7 hour drive XD

If it is a no I will definatly be getting a 9n2 as I want more power to play with and this car does not offer that

JBS Charge £8K for an engine conversion that's more than a 9N3 GTI