£2000 - £2500 what will that get me??

[BobbyT]

Hi, i have had my golf since feb and i have a budget of about 2000 - 2500 to spend on a new engine, now i have looked in all mags and web sites and to be honest the best one i have come up with is a bored out 1.8 8v with a cam and gas flowed head! does anyone know of anywhere which could do a better conversion for this kind of cash, i wanted a 1.8 t but that seems to be double the cost of what i have, oh and i am that great with a spanner!
cheers rob  

[gibby]

What about a 16v conversion  That should be about that price to buy and install, and a 16v in a mk1 will be rapid.  Don't forget you'll also need to uprate the rear brakes so you need to budget for that too. A 1.8Twill be double that price deffo.  Not sure which companies could do the conversion though, try JBS autodesigns in Chesterfield, they feature in the Golf+ quite a bit.  Also have a look at the links on the golfgti.co.uk home page as there are a load of companies on there.

[BobbyT]

i heard that the 16v engine is a totally different beast to the 8v and i quite like the low down grunt i have at the mo, has anyone had a bored out 1.8 fitted? whats it like? or is the 16v really the best route?

[gibby]

The 16v has as much low down grunt as the 8v and don't let anyone tell you any different, look at the graph below.  I think I've heard before that if you want more torque then you need a 2ltr bottom end from a Passat or something.  Might be best to pretend you want a conversion and speak to one of the tuning companies and get some information out of them on what is the best route to go etc, it'll only cost you a phone call. 

Graph, this is for mk2 but you get the idea. 

[Bronze MK1 Cab]

Jodie at Dubvelopments in Hereford is really good priced for engine conversions. He's gonna fit a 16v engine for me at the end of this year  .

I bought a MK2 16v with Velly for £250. We are selling all the bits of it and keeping the engine and box. Hopefully we'll make our money back and I'll have a free engine and box. All I have to pay for then is the conversion 

[BobbyT]

bronze, does that company have a web site to look at? cheers rob

[Bronze MK1 Cab]

I don't think he's got it sorted yet 

Here are some further details though 

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16830.0

[Phil303]

This topic is good timing! A mate of mine is going to drop a 1.8T into his Mk2 and as a result he's giving me his 16V 1.8 which is going into my Mk1 Cab. All the questions I was going to ask have been answered here.

[Bronze MK1 Cab]

This topic is good timing! A mate of mine is going to drop a 1.8T into his Mk2 and as a result he's giving me his 16V 1.8 which is going into my Mk1 Cab. All the questions I was going to ask have been answered here.

  So we'll both have 16v cab's 

[Phil303]

Yup.

I just want to get to quarter of a million miles on my original engine first before I drop it out. Only 15,000 miles to go...

bronze, are you going to the Malvern event in July? It's near your neck of the woods?