Engine conversion opinions?

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

All the advice I have been given on here and elsewhere I am going to stick with my 16v and modify it re

polish and port cyclinder head etc or go 1.8T.  But as DCmk3 has indicated this topic has been covered

more then a few times on this forum.

[F17BAD]

Cost wise depends how far you wanna go, can do em for peanuts if u cut corners

But on the other hand, if your mad like me, to build and fit a engine the same as whats in mine would cost you about 8k....   but your near the 400bhp mark, fully forged and super clean OEM look, Wavetrac diff in a bespoke gearbox etc






I can tell you now, id not swap this set up for any other in my mk3...

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

Show off

[tweed]

I would love to 4wd mine with a r32t

How different is the mk4 floor to the mk3?

[Wayne]

How different is the mk4 floor to the mk3?

Very different, they made a mk3 Syncho however if you can find one.

[tweed]

How different is the mk4 floor to the mk3?

Very different, they made a mk3 Syncho however if you can find one.

Would be a start.

I read about a mk2 rallye that had a r32 engine but used all the mk4 running gear. So could use the mk3 synchro as a base

[F17BAD]

too heavy

trust me you dont need it if you have the right Diff and gearbox..

!9 year old FWD S3 MTM golf V Evo FQ320 mapped to 405 bhp with him in front and me behind at the lights, He nails it, so do i, golf sticks to Evos Ass

in wet he is gonna beat me and in corners but i thought i did well considering

[tweed]

too heavy

trust me you dont need it if you have the right Diff and gearbox..

!9 year old FWD S3 MTM golf V Evo FQ320 mapped to 405 bhp with him in front and me behind at the lights, He nails it, so do i, golf sticks to Evos Ass

in wet he is gonna beat me and in corners but i thought i did well considering

I say you did well too and must of been hell of a buzz

But what if you both went on a track day?

And a r32 turbo is normally around 600bhp. No diff on a fwd could handle that 

Ill never do it but we can all dream. If I had the space I would start looking for a synchro

[F17BAD]

Yeah mate that sounds awesome haha would need 4wd for that

Tbh didnt build mine to track

I'd want the Evo for that 

[tweed]

Yeah you don't buy mk3 golfs if you want to do track days 

If I wanted to go track I would have a GTR r33 with 600bhp but I don't.

Dream car has always been a mk3 4wd r32 powered sl*t but can't see it happening any time soon. But ill never sell the gti, I just can't do it. Tried selling to get a e36 m3 evo but I just couldn't and got talked out of it