possibilty of being lynched

[kraM]

Hi

I am going to ask a question that will probably upset the pure VW fans.
I have been toying with all sorts of ideas for an engine swap for my beloved MK1.
I have been offered a 1.8 16v for my 1.9 TSR lump, straight swap.  Both need re-building/tuning.
Or (and a little research tells me it is a fairly easy swap) a Honda civic lump and box.  I can find a 1.8 vtec Civic for about a grand, I could nick the engine, box, cooling system, e.c.u.'s and wiring and sell off all the other bits.  It would make 167bhp everyday of the week, the transmission is designed to cope (also comes with an LSD:) ) The injection system is advance, i.e. good fuel ecomony and poke, it's all aluminum, so may not weigh much more, only problem being de-cating the car (no lamba snsors could give the ecu the hump) and speedo pickup?
Whadayathink?

Please don't hurt me...

Cheers

kraM

[mk1GiT]

I dont reccon you'd get lynched....quite the opposite if you document the swap.

Afterall, the original can be put back and I think people get upset more if you change the look rather than the mechanicals.....maybe I'll get lynched for say all that

[gibby]

Some of the purists may lynch, but I say go for it and do something different.

[BobbyT]

I dont reccon you'd get lynched....quite the opposite if you document the swap.

Afterall, the original can be put back and I think people get upset more if you change the look rather than the mechanicals.....maybe I'll get lynched for say all that

hey nothing wrong with adding your own style to the car! 

[Sukhi]

What 1.8 is it? I assume the B18C4 from an MB6 Civic?

Could be interesting...

[monzablue16v]

If your going to do it might as well go for the 2.2 Vtec out of an Accord

[kraM]

I have thought about all the Honda lumps (I did my apprenticeship at Honda)
The 1.8 Civic VTi lump has been decided,
1) You can buy a whole car for about a grand, swap what you need and flog the rest,
2) The mounts are in similar places, the 2.2l lumps have a very different mount, plus extra money I don't have 
3) The Intergra R lump is prefered, but due to it costing a shed load and it actually being a relly nice motor to drive, I have to leave it in the shell and loose my licence that way. 
4) The Civic 5 dr never should have had that lump fitted, it is too buzzy for a family hatch. 

Right, time to find a grand, and some free time...

Anyone interested in a tuned 1.6 with everything you need to run it?

[mk1GiT]

I dont reccon you'd get lynched....quite the opposite if you document the swap.

Afterall, the original can be put back and I think people get upset more if you change the look rather than the mechanicals.....maybe I'll get lynched for say all that

hey nothing wrong with adding your own style to the car! 

Sorry, I meant chav style not the tasteful stuff u usually see on here

[Sukhi]

For the same money as the B18 car you are looking to buy, you could get a B20 CR-V bottom end and a B16 a1/a2 head and have a fast and torquey 2.0l B20 VTec which would destroy and power out put by a standard B18C6 (typre R) fopr a fraction of the cost.

Go figure...

[peanuthead]

go for it i was thinking of doing something simular