Engine swap help

[G mk3 golf]

Hello poeple. I have a 1997 mk3 1.4 I am going to be doing a 2l 8v engine swap i just got 2l mk3 golf cheap and going to swap everything in to my 1.4 What bits will I need to change engine gearbox driver shifts loom ecu ? Do I need to change the dashboard loom ?

[xionsolaris]

U need the wiring loom ecu and a coded key to that ecu the drive shafts are probarly the same the wiring loom will plug into the fuse box so no major wiring mess

[Wayne]

If you have got the complete car, I would swap everything over including the brakes and 5 stud wheels etc, very little on the 2.0 is shared with the 1.4.

Don't forget to tell the DVLA and your insurance company when you have finished

[G mk3 golf]

So it's not big job ? I have the key that go with the ecu. Will change everything I just want to get the engine side of things done 1st so I know that's done

[xionsolaris]

Its not major as these engines were made for a mk3 golf but one thing if you got abs u can say goodbye to it change engine ecu the ecu will talk to the abs pump and it will be a different part no ecu if youve got a donar car no biggy and if the abs ecu number is the same as the 2.0l abs ecu thts oki

[G mk3 golf]

My 1.4 don't have abs ? If I was to have week off work could this be done in week ? Or am I living in dream world lol

[G mk3 golf]

My car as Clifford alarm will that matter ?

[Wayne]

My car as Clifford alarm will that matter ?

You will need to get that rewired after the conversion.

[G mk3 golf]

Ok thanks. The engine I will be putting in is a AGG will I need to get key recode to ecu ?

[Wayne]

Ok thanks. The engine I will be putting in is a AGG will I need to get key recode to ecu ?

You will need all the parts from the GTI including the key, ecu and transponder ring.