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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #20 on: 21 March 2009, 21:16 »
Cracking low miles, IF they're genuine.

Not sure whether the wear inside the car tallies with the miles.  The thing with the Toledo is that the loom is integrated - it's got lights etc all in it.  The Golf3 loom doesn't have these bound up, they're separate.  At that price I'd be looking for a Golf3 with some more miles - it's a better set up for your conversion.
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #21 on: 21 March 2009, 21:19 »
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 21 March 2009, 21:16
Cracking low miles, IF they're genuine.

Not sure whether the wear inside the car tallies with the miles.  The thing with the Toledo is that the loom is integrated - it's got lights etc all in it.  The Golf3 loom doesn't have these bound up, they're separate.  At that price I'd be looking for a Golf3 with some more miles - it's a better set up for your conversion.

Yeah, the thought danced across my mind, 41k or 141k  :grin:
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #22 on: 21 March 2009, 21:23 »
be different,

get a mk4 TDI lump  :shocked:

torque and decent MPG :afro:
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #23 on: 21 March 2009, 23:24 »
Quote from: chuff on 21 March 2009, 21:23
be different,

get a mk4 TDI lump  :shocked:

torque and decent MPG :afro:

Make sure it's a 110bhp motor as they're more simple and seem to actually get better MPG than the PD motors though.
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #24 on: 22 March 2009, 01:45 »
whole tolado loom can be used in 90 speck car the intergarted lighting loom can ether be stripped out or replace the existing Golf 2 lighting loom.
cordoba looms are a bit more of a pita to extract and use,  tho they will work
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #25 on: 23 March 2009, 05:24 »
excellent words of advice from everyone. ive got to sell my mini first to fund it, but then il probably buy a toledo and do the swap.
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #26 on: 23 March 2009, 20:31 »
Quote from: wil0 on 23 March 2009, 05:24
excellent words of advice from everyone. ive got to sell my mini first to fund it, but then il probably buy a toledo and do the swap.

sounds wise :wink: let me know how you get on as I'm doing mine in next few weeks. That's if I stop buying random vw things that are cool, yet none the less unrelated to my project :grin:
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #27 on: 24 March 2009, 04:23 »
Ah, mine wont be till the summer. Im at uni now, and im back for easter for 4 weeks next week, so il sell my mini then... buy a toledo as soon as i get back for summer, and do it over the space of a week i suppose.
anyone want a nice tahiti blue 94 mini mayfair? ;)
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #28 on: 24 March 2009, 17:46 »
Quote from: wil0 on 24 March 2009, 04:23
Ah, mine wont be till the summer. Im at uni now, and im back for easter for 4 weeks next week, so il sell my mini then... buy a toledo as soon as i get back for summer, and do it over the space of a week i suppose.
anyone want a nice tahiti blue 94 mini mayfair? ;)
Ah, well stick in at uni mate and get proper stuck in when you get back.
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Re: best engine conversion for my 16v?
« Reply #29 on: 24 March 2009, 19:10 »
From the looks of it the conversion that chap has done on ed38 seems the easiest - just changing literally the head and block for the ABF and retaining everything else. Doesnt look like rocket science to do either. Could be the way forward for me  :wink:
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