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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: vik on 31 July 2012, 19:33
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Which engines do and don't go into a mk2? I know there is quite a bit of interchangability between VAG stuff, so you could probably shoehorn in a lot of stuff, but I mean within reason, ie. fairly well known/documented swap.
So far i can think of:
9a 2.0
ABF 2.0
VR6 2.8 and 2.9
various flavours of 1.8t
any others?
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i know of a supercharged R32.... :smiley: but then, thats based around the VR lump i suppose,
Pd130 will go in but would require some serious research i would imagine
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Don't forget the simple 2.0 8v bottom end swap
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You've only gone and forgotten the best one :shocked: .... G60 :cool:
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1.9TDI
The issue is the number of variations there are on each motor: on ABF alone K-Junk, Megasquirt, Digi 3.2, ITBs, 02A gearbox as part of it etc etc
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You've only gone and forgotten the best one :shocked: .... G60 :cool:
The best one for blowing gaskets. :grin:
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2.0 TFSI
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If anyone has ever heard of a non-VAG engine going into a Mk2 I'd be interested to hear more. Hopefully mine will last a good few thousand more miles, but I may end up keeping it beyond the life of this engine. Parts are hard to come by here in Manila, a new Golf engine more so. Has anyone put anything Japanese in a Golf? I know it sounds like sacrilege, but it might be the only thing I can afford once the engine goes!
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well there is the Vorsche........
:grin: :grin:
(http://www.vwaudistyle.ch/portal/pagebilder/reportagen/golf/vorsche_27.jpg)
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S2 quattro engine is a nice one.
As far as non vag goes...
Theres a mk2 with a 5.0 TVR griffith engine. Those are practical
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k493/Franktaztik/IMG_0897.jpg)
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Could we agree on degree of difficulty to fitting each engine and what parts require modifying/supplying.
I've got a 16v but with 170k miles I'm thinking it might expire in the not too distant future.
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VW's Are like Lego's..... its all there ya just look at pictures an count the bumpy bits :grin:
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S2 quattro engine is a nice one.
As far as non vag goes...
Theres a mk2 with a 5.0 TVR griffith engine. Those are practical
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k493/Franktaztik/IMG_0897.jpg)
Bet that corners nicely.
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Could we agree on degree of difficulty to fitting each engine and what parts require modifying/supplying.
This is basically what I was getting at. Obviously lots of engines can fit. But I mean realistic/well known and documented swaps.
Is there anything other than a like for like swap that will go straight in, or nearly straight into a 16v?
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ABF (ok, basically like for like, but very easy)
G60 (pretty straight forward)
1.8t (pretty well documented)
1.9td (AAZ - straight forward diesel swap)
1.9tdi (1Z/AHU - little more complicated by potentiometer req'd for throttle)
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Whats with the PD conversions. Why are they difficult? A few keep mentioning the wiring?
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Whats with the PD conversions. Why are they difficult? A few keep mentioning the wiring?
In terms of understatement, I think this is a stinker. :grin:
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Ahem!
Chevy V8
http://www.cwstuning.com/gallery/coupe-degolf/engineandfrontshot
Audi V8 Twin Turbo
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?2821397-Golf-Rallye-V8-Twin-Turbo
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Whats with the PD conversions. Why are they difficult? A few keep mentioning the wiring?
In terms of understatement, I think this is a stinker. :grin:
I'm a wireman by trade and would love to do the PD conversion one day. I think I read that you did this conversion?
Seems to be limited guides on this conversion. Whats so difficult about it?
Only a few wires :evil:
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with the PD it's not the wires themselves that are the killer, you need a lot of donour car and really a cracked ecu or it is a twerp.
theer are a whole lot of litel issues that on there own aren't any big deal but add them all up and can be arsed runs out. bit like the TFSI motor
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I'm a wireman by trade and would love to do the PD conversion one day. I think I read that you did this conversion?
No. I think Danny had a pop at it a while back. Not sure of the outcome.
It's only wires, so it must be possible, but I think it's a lot of work to end up with a TDI engine. :grin:
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I'm a wireman by trade and would love to do the PD conversion one day. I think I read that you did this conversion?
No. I think Danny had a pop at it a while back. Not sure of the outcome.
It's only wires, so it must be possible, but I think it's a lot of work to end up with a TDI engine. :grin:
Didn't A7 UFO do this some time ago.
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No. I think Danny had a pop at it a while back. Not sure of the outcome.
put it in, got it running, drove it up the road, decided didn't like it , pulled it back out and sold it.
pd 130 with a map will make a mk2 move in some serious order feel faster than a lot of 1.8t's ( once its stopped spinning ) but on the downside car drives like lumphammer tho :sad: way to nose heavy and full of torque steering nastyness and throttel seemed to be like an on / off switch.
think mapped skoda fabia VRS with the anti crash turned off but worse.
basicly it's a whole lot of work and all you do is remove all the GTi ness , fast but not fun