Author Topic: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz  (Read 3505 times)

Offline Wayne

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Re: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz
« Reply #10 on: 04 February 2013, 20:22 »
Does that run ?

The parts that are missing will need to come from the 1.8t, not even sure if the air con will swap over.

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Re: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz
« Reply #11 on: 04 February 2013, 21:12 »
lol yeah did run before crashed, everything was there before i started stripping it, already removed the smashed front end, rad intercooler, ecu, loom and various other parts,

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Re: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz
« Reply #12 on: 05 February 2013, 18:10 »
Your 2.0 will probably have the same clutch slave cylinder as the 1.8T.

Just swap everything over.  Rack, ARB are the same I think, wouldnt make a difference.

Engine out, put in new car, shafts, exhaust and brakes and wire it in. 

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Re: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz
« Reply #13 on: 06 February 2013, 19:08 »
any idea if there is any modification needed for the engine mounts, i think its just a straight swap over, i have all the 1.8t mounts anyway if need be,
hoping to do some more on it over the weekend, weather being ok, will post some more pix and updated as i go along,

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Re: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz
« Reply #14 on: 07 February 2013, 20:28 »
does anyone know if i can program my origanal key to operate the new ecu, realy want to keep my one key that fits everything, the donor car has 2 keys one for ignition and one for the doors, :undecided:

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Re: mk 4 gti 2.0 8v conversion to 1.8 20v turbo, help and advice plz
« Reply #15 on: 14 February 2013, 19:04 »
any views guys?

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ok so took the engine out the 2.0 8v today and started stripping out the engine loom for the 1.8 20v t loom to go in, but now av hit a couple of problems, after starting to put the new loom in i noticed there is a few differances, the 3 plugs that plug in under the wiper motor, 3 colours were brown orange and green originally, but the new one is brown orange and white, ( the white one dont fit and has less wires in it) and also the 1.8 loom has a connector plug on the right side under the plastic covering as it enters the engine bay, that now has nowhere to plug into, please can anyone help, i need to get this sorted asap,
thanks in advance if anyone can hep point me in the right direction.

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this is missing on the 2.0 loom
« Reply #17 on: 02 March 2013, 19:46 »

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its probably just the angle, but that head doesn't look wide enough for a twin cam / 20v?
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nightmare wiring
« Reply #19 on: 04 March 2013, 18:22 »
i see what you mean from the pick but it is, its AGU  engine code,
has anyone got any info on the wiring issue?