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Offline turbomick

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Re: engine conversion
« Reply #10 on: 27 March 2011, 23:09 »
insurance company also ask for a inspection certificate from a garage to make sure every thing ok also your insurance will be dubble wat a turbo would be any way i done this befor and ended up costing a fortune use ya money for engine and break ya golf with in 8 to 8 weeks mate you will have enought to buy a turbo and when u say yours is a good shell most off the mk4s are mate

Offline mark_gti

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Re: engine conversion
« Reply #11 on: 27 March 2011, 23:15 »
rite then im going to c about a rear ended 1.8 t tomorow if this happens i will make a thread try and get all info down to make it easy for other users thanx lads  check not a proplam my best mate is mot tester

Offline Wayne

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Re: engine conversion
« Reply #12 on: 27 March 2011, 23:25 »
Might be worth checking the insurance before doing anything major.

Offline tech1889

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Re: engine conversion
« Reply #13 on: 27 March 2011, 23:58 »
like rhyso said get a rear ended 1.8t and swap EVERYTHING over including brakes subframe.. if you have everything there its not that hard of a swap just mark up the looms etc and just swap over could be done in a couple of weeks using evenings and such..

But it is hard to understand reasoning other than the fun part which it will be as you can buy a 1.8t for £1200 fully running T&T
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Offline rockmonkey69

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Re: engine conversion
« Reply #14 on: 28 March 2011, 00:37 »
Just do it if you know you can actually do it and financially, there's no need to form a collate of how-to on this. Truth be told, if someone can do it then they don't need to ask, there's no definitive how-to on this sort of thing it's all down to your preferences, what instruments you have available to you etc, I'd be worried if a surgeon had to ask where to make an incision on a patient he's meant to be having open heart surgery on  :grin:

As mentioned above though, as a public forum we would advise you to check with your insurance before you go ahead with the engine conversion. Engine conversions should not be taken as a cheap alternative when faced with a problem the reality of it is that there's alot more hours of labour going into it which will only mean more money on labour if you find yourself stuck at some point - 95% of places would not touch the car if you mention you've started an engine conversion, they will not take over where you left off and wouldn't even want to hear of it. It's something they either do from start to finish or not at all im afraid.
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