2l bottom end

[the Driver]

wat benafit will a 1.8 8valve dignifant , get from a 2 litre bottom end , and which  car should i borrow a 2l end from ?
also my head lights are crappy , and the lenses are well clean , was thinking i need new bulbs any 1n no of any real good bright 1ns?  

[rubjonny]

K well you wont gain much BHP, prob about 120 with the std 8v head.  If you port it you'll see more gains   The best thing about it is the boost in torque you'll get

Its actually piss easy on an 8v digifant, all you need is the bottom end from a MK3 2.0 GTI 8v, or a Passat, the engine code you're looking for is 2e.  You use the 2e dizzy and drop your old head on it, and everything just plugs straight in

The only thing you need to worry about is the breather on the front of the block, you can either block it off with a plate from TSR, or fit the MK3 breather system and rocker cover, which is what I plan to do.

[sellers]

how do u change the dizzy is it a straight swap, i was thinking of doing this while my gti's off the road

[rubjonny]

You don't need to change the dizzy if you have a digifant GTI, just leave the 2e one in there

If its a K-Jet, what you do is swap the 2e dizzy gear onto your old dizzy, then fit it to the block using an adaptor plate bought from TSR

[sellers]

what happens if you've got a digi head, and a mk3 bottom end?? do u not need a mk3 cambelt etc

[the Driver]

man i f**king love rubjohny , thats y hes on my msn as he Vdubya mental
thx 4r help

[Brads MK2 GTI]

For the headlights, all Golf mk2's are crap as standard. Best thing you can do is see Dizzie on here and buy an uprated loom for your lights off him. He also sells on Ebay. It'll improve your lights shed loads, then you can think about going for white Xenon's by ring or osram or someone. I'm hoping with all this plugging Dizzie's gonna give me a free loom ?

I think there's a pretty good write up for the 2 ltr bottom end on the clubgti forums. If not, use the search function here, it's been covered a lot recently..

[rubjonny]

what happens if you've got a digi head, and a mk3 bottom end?? do u not need a mk3 cambelt etc

You need a MK3 cambelt I believe, the other accessory belts depend on how much of the MK3 gear you are using   I've got a complete bottom end including the alternator, PAS pump, waterpump etc, so need MK3 accessory belts as well.  The block mounting bolts are the same so I'm sure you can just swap MK2 pulleys & alternator if you wish

Oh and you'll need MK2 sparkies to match the injection system I believe though I'm not 100% on that one!

[hockeylad72]

RJ you are correct with the timing belt. Have just recently had this done to my car what a difference amazing, worth while doing this.
I had the head and both manifolds gasflowed schrik cam and a remap I have 148.5 BHP and 140 lb/ft torque

[rubjonny]

excellent glad i havnt wasted my money buying a MK3 belt then