i thought about doing an engine conversion on the 1.4, but even converting to a GTI or TDI is alot of work and at the end of the day its easier and cheaper to just buy a car with the engine in already
I was quite happy with my 1.4 though so i didnt want to get another car unless it was a 3 door in black or white, and to find a 3 door diesel is quite rare, this one came up for sale on another forum for £650, bought it for £600... drove it down the road and noticed a massive lack in power, so the seller agreed to refund me £100 back to fix it( i didnt think it was anything major, £100 was enough for a new turbo which was worst case scenario)... drove it home and got it on VAG-COM which said it was a faulty MAF sensor, replaced that for £10 and its running awesome now, so £510 for it really, well pleased
but yeah i'll pretty much swap everything over onto the TDI and carry on the project from there, then the 1.4 will be sold as a pretty much standard car
