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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: boomshankaman on 29 September 2007, 08:53

Title: Too much time to think about what to buy and what mods to do...
Post by: boomshankaman on 29 September 2007, 08:53: Hey guys....and beautiful ladies too,

I have a total dilemma. I'm out in Afghanistan at the momment, my car back home is a 1987 mk1 gti cab, and it's in a right state. I seized the engine a while ago and took it out to replace it with one a 'friend' sold me. Anyway it turns out that a 1.8 1991 8v engine is completely different to a 1.8 1987 engine. Obviously i soon discovered the difference between my K Jet and newly aquired digifant.

So i'm out here and all i've been thinking about is my options for when i get home. Replacing the wiring in my mk1 to fit the digifant engine is out of the question. Too much time and effort over results. I think i'm just gonna fit a standard engine back into it from a breakers. The problem is the digifant has some great mods to it and i know it was taken care of 'cause the previous owner was a vw mechanic/enthusiast. He had it on a rolling road at 137bhp just before his 1.8t 240bhp upgrade.

I started looking into older 8v mk2's with high mileage and great body work. But the more i looked the more i fell in love with other cars e.g oak green, standard, BBS alloys. I love the idea of a standard mk2, but really think i'll regret not buying the 16v for the extra performance and potential engine upgrades. But if i do that what the hell do i do with the engine i bought.

Please help me golfgti members you're my only hope.

May the seed of your loin me fruitful in the belly of your woman.
Title: Re: Too much time to think about what to buy and what mods to do...
Post by: dubslug on 29 September 2007, 09:52: sell me ur engine lol
Title: Re: Too much time to think about what to buy and what mods to do...
Post by: boomshankaman on 29 September 2007, 10:23: how much? It's got higher lifting cams, vernia pully, ported and polished and an induction kit. Like i said, it was put on a rolling road just before my friend upgraded and measured at 137 bhp.
Title: Re: Too much time to think about what to buy and what mods to do...
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 29 September 2007, 13:36: cant you run the new engine on the kjet? you can probably swap all the bits over
Title: Re: Too much time to think about what to buy and what mods to do...
Post by: boomshankaman on 29 September 2007, 13:49: I hear what you're saying Veedub, but by the time i swap everything over and make it work on a KJet I will have lost all the bonuses of that particular engine i.e. it will no longer be the 137bhp engine that i payed over the odds for.
Title: Re: Too much time to think about what to buy and what mods to do...
Post by: hobbiniho on 29 September 2007, 13:54: sell the engine and cab and buy a mk2 valver simple :rolleyes: