1.6driver conversion into 1.8gti....using weber carb!!

[mk2_singh]

My m8 just told me i can plug and play a 8v gti lump into the 1.6 same mounts etc. and instead of wiring it up etc use the weber carb on the 8v engine. also he said the gearbox and everything just bolts in and it is a weekend job.

And as i already have a brand new weber on my 1.6 i can use this on a new lump i will be soon buying!!!

any thing i should look out for?

[mk2_singh]

IM about to swap my driver for a cinquecento sporting. If i can pull this mod off by the sounds of looks good to me i will keep the golf.

i hope ppl here can give me some postive feedback and help me through, otherwise im getting rid of her.

[bulk66]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo no dont swap your golf for a fiat mate itwill be the worst mistake you will ever make. Fiats really are poo............

[rubjonny]

yes you can do all that, the driver manifold will bolt straight to the GTI head, then you can just get the webber tuned on a rolling road to suit.

As for the injector holes, you can just leave the old injectors in, and think about sorting a neater solution at a later date

Some suggest welding coins into the holes, and one guy got a local engineering place to fab up some plugs.  But if you cant be arsed with that, just leave the injectors in

Edit: You can just swap the GTI cam into the Driver head for an easy life, but you wint get as large a gain as the GTI head has bigger valves in.  The 1.8 lump will bolt straight onto the 1.6 head too, this will turn it into a 1.8 Driver

[mk2_singh]

hey thanks for that info!!

im going to source a 1.8 8v gti engine know local from a scrappy or something not too far from where i am.. i will be carrying this out soon hopefully.

[Neaty]

there are usually plenty around, check the parts for sale section, i think there area few people breaking some mark 2 gti's

[FBF]

fiats are a bunch of arse. so are french cars.  total sh!te

as for making a 1'6 in to a GTi just sell the driver and buy a GTi they are dirt cheap.  and you end up with the real deal

[Neaty]

I only just saw the fiat swapping part, dont do it, they are held together with spit!!

[bulk66]

And the plastic parts on them are made from melted down happy shopper roller cola bottles. And when they drive in sunlight you can see through them because the metal is soooo thin...........

[Neaty]

^^^ oh yes they are truley woeful!