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Offline oldngrey

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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #30 on: 26 January 2009, 21:38 »
Hi,
Yep more than one gasket = likelyhood of failure plus the compression issue. Yep he is attached to the car - it is his first and his first comment was he ain't going to scrap it. You young lads eh?
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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #31 on: 26 January 2009, 22:40 »
There can't be much of a difference with insurance on a 1.3 and 1.6, there's like a 2 or 3 insurance group difference...

Let him keep the 1.3 shell as a project and let him get a 1.6 or another 1.3 as a daily.


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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #32 on: 26 January 2009, 22:56 »
chould just machene valve relifs into the pistons  and have a high CR motor  that would be perfect for a really lairy cam   :evil:

i still say tho it's easy enough to do a 1600 is not worth swapping in.  a polo GT engine is probs the best all round solution   or if going to put a big block in put an 1800 or 2ltr in  i found very littel differance on insurance costs tbh
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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #33 on: 27 January 2009, 11:30 »
^^ aye as said sticking with a 1300 lump would make your life easier, pretty much engine out -> engine in swap. Just be aware if you fit a GT lump it may be quite spensive insurance wise due to it being in a higher group.
Plus also check you can still fit your old 1.3 fuel pump to the back of the head, MK3 Polos all have variants of the digifant fuel injection system and electric fuel pumps!  I believe most polo heads should just have a blanking plate over the pump hole, but its best to check. Oh and you'll want to have the cam cover off to check the cam has the pump drive lobe on.
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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #34 on: 27 January 2009, 17:58 »
Where are you based mate, as my mate has still got his 1.3 sitting on his drive,

He had a new recon head put on as he mullered the other one  by timing wrongly or something.

Engines all ok too, I think for a couple of quid hed be happy to let it go if you were interested as its just sat on his drive since he fixed it, cos hes got a gt tdi  :cool: and the mk2 was the workvan
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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #35 on: 28 January 2009, 21:11 »
Hi,
Thank you for your offer. We are Suffolk / Norfolk based. Maybe a bit far but I'll pass on news to the boy!
Rich
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Re: 1600 into 1300 will it go?
« Reply #36 on: 28 January 2009, 22:45 »
Quote from: oldngrey on 28 January 2009, 21:11
Hi,
Thank you for your offer. We are Suffolk / Norfolk based. Maybe a bit far but I'll pass on news to the boy!
Rich

Ok mate no worries, if of any interest il get hold of my mate.

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