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Offline vik

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Definitive engine swap thread.
« on: 31 July 2012, 19:33 »
Which engines do and don't go into a mk2? I know there is quite a bit of interchangability between VAG stuff, so you could probably shoehorn in a lot of stuff, but I mean within reason, ie. fairly well known/documented swap.

So far i can think of:

9a 2.0
ABF 2.0
VR6 2.8 and 2.9
various flavours of 1.8t

any others?
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Offline Dogbot

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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #1 on: 01 August 2012, 10:09 »
i know of a supercharged R32.... :smiley: but then, thats based around the VR lump i suppose,
Pd130 will go in but would require some serious research i would imagine
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Offline tony_ack

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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #2 on: 01 August 2012, 10:18 »
Don't forget the simple 2.0 8v bottom end swap
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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #3 on: 01 August 2012, 13:43 »
You've only gone and forgotten the best one  :shocked:  ....  G60   :cool:
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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #4 on: 01 August 2012, 13:51 »
1.9TDI

The issue is the number of variations there are on each motor: on ABF alone K-Junk, Megasquirt, Digi 3.2, ITBs, 02A gearbox as part of it etc etc
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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #5 on: 01 August 2012, 13:54 »
Quote from: Simeon on 01 August 2012, 13:43
You've only gone and forgotten the best one  :shocked:  ....  G60   :cool:

The best one for blowing gaskets.  :grin:
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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #6 on: 01 August 2012, 14:31 »
2.0 TFSI

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Offline blueseamonkey

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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #7 on: 02 August 2012, 13:10 »
If anyone has ever heard of a non-VAG engine going into a Mk2 I'd be interested to hear more. Hopefully mine will last a good few thousand more miles, but I may end up keeping it beyond the life of this engine. Parts are hard to come by here in Manila, a new Golf engine more so. Has anyone put anything Japanese in a Golf? I know it sounds like sacrilege, but it might be the only thing I can afford once the engine goes!
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Offline Dogbot

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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #8 on: 02 August 2012, 14:07 »
well there is the Vorsche........
 :grin: :grin:

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Offline FrankyGalactus

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Re: Definitive engine swap thread.
« Reply #9 on: 02 August 2012, 14:27 »
S2 quattro engine is a nice one.
As far as non vag goes...
Theres a mk2 with a 5.0 TVR griffith engine. Those are practical

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