Easiest engine upgrade

[Dan_Dub]

me & my mate have just a mk1 with the intention of obviously having it as 'the project car'  we were wondering what the best/easiest engine upgrade was?

we have read that a polo g40 engine will go in very easily without much work, anyone know of any other ideas...just put em down

cheers

[Mr V Wagon]

I take it it's a 1.1 or 1.3?

[Tucker]

would like to know the same for a 1.5 carb

cheers
Tucker

[Dan_Dub]

its a 1.1, literally down to a bare shell, getting a respray then thinking about doing the engine next.

so any ideas...

cheers

[mk2_singh]

1.8 gti from mk2. cheaply available and should be a bolt as you go i think..

[robiwill]

K jet late Mk1 engine is the easiest or a 16V conversion. although I know of a Mk1 with a 20V turbo now this is a lot of work

[monzablue16v]

VR6 will go in with a bit of swearing

[mk2_singh]

vr6 powered mk1 know that would be sweet!

[BobbyT]

not too sure about the vr6 lump, sounds good but i think it goes against the light weight principle of the mk1, it makes the front end far too heavy! the 2.0 16v is a good option! if you have the time money and know how do the 1.8 turbo route! 

[Mr V Wagon]

For the 1.1, the easiest route would probably be a G40. If you're looking for a 1.8 lump, the O/S engine mount off the 1.8 car would need to be removed and rewelded into the 1.1 as they're different. Then you'd have to scrounge all the fuel system off a GTI too.

For the 1.5, the engine mount is the same as the 1.8 but you'll also need to change the fuel system.

If you're going to go through the hassle of changing the engine, you're better off doing a 16v conversion. It's the same amount of hassle as putting in a different engine with only 1 minor wiring loom to sort out.

A 2.0 16v with 1.8(KR) cams is 150bhp straight out of the box.

V