Right.... Before I wade into this conversion

[drivebycar]

  Cant say I have, but ill be replacing that before I put it all back together!

[rubjonny]

trust me on this, get mk3
i could do 3 mk3 belts in the time it takes to do a mk2 belt 

[drivebycar]

Its just more things to buy though and my budget is getting pretty stretched. Im going to do the clutch as well now and im running out of pennies! 

[rubjonny]

fair enough,at least you'll get a good idea of how it all works once you get it unbolted

[drivebycar]

Thats the plan! I figure once I start taking bits apart I will know how it works.

Learnt quite alot putting a new HG and Head on with a mate, so engine conversion is the next step 

[sidecarphil]

so an ABF motor is better than a 2E motor ??

what was the abf in and is there a big visual differance between them ?

whist doing the conversion i take it you upgrade the camshaft , so do you still use a 1.8 gti cam or use one for a 2.0 ??

which is the best cam to use ? i have had a set of newman cam's in my old calibra turbo and they were fabulous

[rubjonny]

ABF is the 2.0 16v fitted to the MK3 and some SEAT modesl

[danny_p]

one of them

[sidecarphil]

ok so do you keep it as a 16v or change the head to the 8v ??

cheers for the info i'm just searching for knowlege

[rubjonny]

keep the engine complete!