1600 into 1300 will it go?

[DarnPB]

Modified cars are generally more expensive to insure anyway, so before going down the engine swap to a 1.6 route, I would check up on how your insurance will be affected, as you are essentially modifying the car. In which case, you may find that buying an 8v GTI may be cheaper on insurance than the 1.6 conversion/mod.

[rubjonny]

also depends on the insurer, for example with hic they insure it based on the car the engine came from.  plus it only costs more to modify it if the mods will increase the power, so if its a boggo 1.6 engine with no performance mods it wont cost you any more than insuring a real 1.6

[The Mighty Elvi]

I've got a 1.3 if you want.  Still in the car, head's been skimmed but it ran on leaded petol.  Has been garaged for 8 years, but if you can collect and help me get it out it's yours.

[danny_p]

1.6 will go in and it''s an EASY swap. but you need a lot of parts,   (enigne,box, mounts, driveshafts, gear stick assembly, water hoses rad,  exhaust )

for a 2.0  it worth doing to a good body shell  but IMO as fun as a tuned 1600 can be in standard form they not worth it.  75 bhp and they are relativly thirsty.    now if you got a polo 3F  enigne and kept the injection   it's still a 1.3 so straight swap in ,  it's better on fuel and it'll go as well as the 1600 and be much more reliable  as peirburg or webber  most running issues on the 1.6 and 1.8 enignes are carb related   

[oldngrey]

Hi,
Elvi thank you very much for your offer. Unfortunately I live across the other side of the country on the East Coast but I really appreciate you making an offer of the engine. I haven't got the time to make it over but hey thanks a lot. Rich

[AdamMk2]

a jet engine will also fit a mk2 if you make it fit. all im saying is aint not worth putting a 1.6 into a 1.3. Just buy a 1.6.

Wait for edition mate when I roll up 



This is my old school ride

[rubjonny]

if in a good state of tune the 1.6 is brilliant on fuel, mine was excellent I could get nearly 300mile to £20. This was around 4 year ago though when petty was a bit cheaper 
Was helped a great deal by the 4+E box that was on there, it was brilliant for cruising but no good for high speed

[topher]

So the head has been overskimmed causing valve interference... now shoot me down for making a silly suggestion but why not use 2 head gaskets? If it's been skimmed that bad I can't see it doing much to the C:R other than taking it back to standard?

[Ben Lessani]

So the head has been overskimmed causing valve interference... now shoot me down for making a silly suggestion but why not use 2 head gaskets? If it's been skimmed that bad I can't see it doing much to the C:R other than taking it back to standard?

That's not a bad idea, but not as exciting as a jet engine Not sure the scene boi's would be too happy with that though

[Diamond Hell]

So the head has been overskimmed causing valve interference... now shoot me down for making a silly suggestion but why not use 2 head gaskets? If it's been skimmed that bad I can't see it doing much to the C:R other than taking it back to standard?

More layers, more likelihood of gasket failure.

Why do you want to replace the motor in what is a low spec, elderly and essentially end of life car?

Unless your son is an enthusiast and extremely attached to the car and the car is in fantastic condition then this might simply point to it being time to cut your losses and move on.  There's a lot of cheap motors out there at the moment.

Even if he is very attached to the car, sometimes it's better drawing a line under things and moving on, as well Matt Neck on here knows.