1.8T conversions

[topher]

The way they're selling at the moment.. you might be better off buying an already completed 20vT mk2. You can get them for around 4k and assuming you aren't going to do ALL the work yourself you'll struggle to build one for less than that.

[jamie_pyrite]

toph is right From the research I've done into them, 4k will get you a properly done conversion on a nice tidy car.

[the_stink]

well this is it ive been chatting to a few of the guys on vagowners who work for this garage and they do conversions and are at the moment doing a 1.8t in a clipper

I was playing with the idea of dropping a R32 engine in, i mean form what they were tellign em id be looking at around 4k for the conversion but its finding the right car to do it too

had a look and found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__pAg0aLDe8

[Jay]

Why R32 when you can R36? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsjS-KmOIto&NR=1

[the_stink]

hahah 

[monzablue16v]

Well it depends what donor you go for and how spanner handy you are, don't whatever you do buy an Audi longitudinal engine and try and fit it into a mk2 as it is a royal pain in the batty,  
A BAM or AGU etc is pretty straightforward to do main headaches are converting to a hydraulic clutch, getting the boost pipes run and wiring it in, you can go the qpenq route if you have the money to throw at it but altogether so far I have spent less than £700 doing mine it's been a ballache and the donor car was the wrong one but in effect I got my engine for free and have done everything myself work wise. All the bits and pieces I needed I have bought from classifieds or made, I could have spent a couple of grand and it would be somewhere near done by now.
I lost hope with it a bit but am about to go round to my garage and blitz it

[dan_apps]

ive been mulling this idea over, great write up on vwvortex.

monzablue your doing well to only have spent 700 quid already, how much you got left to do?

[the_stink]

yeah thats well cheap im looking at 4k!!!! if i can find a good base to work with and thats payinf someone to do t as i havent got a clue lol

[dan_apps]

yeah thats well cheap im looking at 4k!!!! if i can find a good base to work with and thats payinf someone to do t as i havent got a clue lol

i'll give u a hand matey i know how to use a spanner!

[dubvrs]

I did my 20v mk2 for just over 3k and that included the 1k for the Qpeng kit.

Conversion is not as hard as people make out found mine quite simple to do in the end. Main problem i had was waiting for parts as made all the intercooler pipes etc from universal parts.

Pics of what mine looked like for a home job.




If i had all the parts needed for the conversion i could easy do it in 2 weekends.