3k burning a hole in my pocket..

[sc]

i say buy a minter
3k is a hell of a lot of money to throw at something but won't actually get you all that much.
whereas if you buy a car you'd get a lot more

[Jay]

there was a decent Rallye @ Spring fest going for £3300 

[rombonie]

I say throw the money at the car you've got, we want to keep as many alive as possible don't we 

Good for you Mon 

Yer but if i sell me VR I get 3k to throw at my MK2

[mon]

3K for a reconditioned g/box -  where you buying it, Harrods?

If your not going to change / upgrade the engine - then what are you wanting to do exactly, suspension, brakes, exhaust? 3K is a lot for that.

 HARRODS DON'T DO G/BOX 'S BUT IF THEY DID....
 WOT I MENT WAS RECON BOX & ENGINE PUSHING OUT 150 BHP.

[antogoof]

if the shell is minty mint and you love the car then go for it, u might actually struggle to spend that on a mk2! have you considered a full respray?

[mon]

 YE THE BODY IS SOUND NO RUST SO IT SEEMS A SHAME TO BREAK THE CAR
  & I GET A SMILE DRIVING MY GOLF SO I'LL NEED TO GET IT SORTED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

[perryqhill]

I don't get this.

You want to keep it as standard as possible, but want a 20.l or something pushing out around 150 bhp? 

IMO I'd only spend that sort of wedge one go if I was going for some serious power like a 20v conversion. You can always keep the car stock looking from the outside and up to date underneath - then it'll also retain the kind of money you're putting into it.

Unless you're going to do a full restoration for a concourse car I'd say it just wasn't worth it.

[bundy]

garge near me quoted £500 at the most to put a mk3 2.0 16v in my mk2 os with brakes and a couple of other bits thats about a grand, so i say spend that then spend the rest on the lash!!

[mon]

  £500 is what i'v been quoted to in-stall plus another £1700 for a 2litr & pollished ,gas flowd head
  then another 450 for a recon g-box ,i'ts a lot of money to spend on a car that cost me £800
  but if it keeps it on the road for another 18 years it's money well spent in my books.
 

[Ben Lessani]

...how do I un-subscribe from this thread - its annoying me. It seems absolutely insane to spent nearly £2500 on an outdated, slow engine - when you could upgrade to a more reliable, more powerful 1.8T for the same money.

Is the going rate really £500 to install an engine? I did mine in a few hours on my own....**goes off to start engine installation business**