8 or 16v conversion

[Aubrey1982]

Alright?

Ive just bought myself a mint bodied, Knackared engined mk1 1.1c. Ive got a load of mods planned including full leather, mk5 polo dash and a beamin respray. One of the mods includes an engine conversion for which I am going to buy a breaking mk2.
Should I get an 8v or should I get a 16v which will cost a bit more. Living on Anglesey North Wales top end isnt really an issue i want windy road more than anything.

Anu advice would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks all

[jv]

Hey,

May as well go for the 16v, if you are doing the work you might as well have a bit of extra power

Good luck with the project

jv

[AZIM]

I think you should put a 16v in , the only expence is going to be the modded 16v engine loom & the exhaust manifold .
Also i would suggest going for the 2.0l version found in the carrado or passat just for goode measure .
This should be mated to a 16v gearbox to keep the engines revvy nature .
The whole lot then driven down to stealth racing to extract around 170 bhp out of it . This adds up to a pocket rocket for less than a grand inc brakes & suspension.
 

[Aubrey1982]

didn't think of using a corrado or passat engine, whill look at prices to see how much they will cost. wont the loom from the donor car work? i am not much of a mechanic myself, my mate will be brains of the project with me as his gopher.
Does anyone have any performance figures for any of their cars with a similar engine swap I want to settle an argument.

cheers