went from mk2 16v to mk3 16v really disappointed with performance

[kells]

kells - if your starting with a 225 TT engine then your laughing cost wise as its already built to take a fair bit more power than it has, might be worth going stand alone management with a switchable map (although this does add £Â£Ã‚£ to the cost I suppose) that way you could have something a bit more drivable and less demanding of the cars weaker parts etc then just flip a switch and go into booost mode!!!!

there is a guy on clubgti that has a black mk3 and he is DIY'ing a 20VT in it but keeping it almost totally standard apart from some anni wheels you should check it out

yes i have looked at the standalone management, id be looking at a extra £1k on top tho thats the only prob..but in  ideal world it would be the way to go for sure

the car you mention sounds exactly like what im gonna be doing to mine (minus the annie wheels as i dont like them at all) i will need some rims tho to go over the brakes..

[mark3valver]

yeah he is a brave chap as well just throw himself right in the deep end never done it before and its all coming together....

il find the link to his thread later and PM you it....

[kells]

cool, same as me, never done a engine swap like this anyhow, just going for it, fack it, what the worst that can happen hahaha

[mark3valver]

there is always a wealth of knowledge on forums etc for if you get stuck, it genuinely gives me extra confidence to have a go knowing you can get free advise that isn't from a garage trying to rip you off!!!!!  I have done a fair bit of bodywork stuff but not much mechanical stuff until I started building my track day car, now I will attempt pretty much anything.... with varying results lol

this is the car I was on about....

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156933