what engine to fit im my mk2?

hey
as i got a new job and will have some cash flying about i would like to upgrade my engine from 1.6 carb, im looking for something with little bit more power but also with better fuel economy, as i have no clues about engines im lookin for bit of advice.
Thanks

what about keeping your 1.6 and sticking a gti head on it and a nice lumpy cam? and webber carb thats would be fairly quick and alot different!

1.8T They are newer so are generally more reliable if the dual mass flywheel isnt fucked. Plus with mapping and a few extra bits you can really up the BHP

Jake mk2 wrote:

1.8T They are newer so are generally more reliable if the dual mass flywheel isnt fucked. Plus with mapping and a few extra bits you can really up the BHP

hardly an amiture swap though.

why not do what billy said? or just put a gti lump in it?

Yeah but if you get an engine swap now you have to have the work cleared by another garage. So if you have to take it somewhere then spending the extra on the 1.8T engine is worth it in the long run

oh yeh defo, if you can afford it go for it. could be done fairly cheapish if the works done at home. i never took my caddy to a garage after i done an engine swap lol

Its something you could get away with if its a home job. Probably.

and the insurance on a golf with a modded 1.8t conversion for a young driver?? good luck.

and plus how many people have done that now? need to see something different tbh

that sound good billy, but what about mpg? as with those fuel prices its pretty hard to drive,
i was thinking about saving money for a GTTDI from mk4golf, the 130bhp one, sam has it in his golf and even when hes doing 130mph the mpg does not go below 43,

if you have the carb set up decently mpg wont be too bad, its what i had planned for my golf but i never had the money. i was also gonna suggest a td, joe had a 1.9 td lump in his caddy from a mk3, and mpg were great and with the boost wound up a bit had some very impressive power

how much work would be there to fit that 1.9td?

im not sure speak to (curtiscaddy) him and his dad done it, they done it in couple of days im sure if you asked nicely they would help you out.

curtis already had a disel engine init so it was pretty straight swap, but i have a 1.6 petrol so would be there alot of work to be carry out?

why dont you just buy a gtd donor car?

hypeboy wrote:

curtis already had a disel engine init so it was pretty straight swap, but i have a 1.6 petrol so would be there alot of work to be carry out?

Makes no odd's mate. You can use your original loom to make it run then.

Rather than pulling fuel lines off to empty the tank of petrol, run the car til its in the red then brim the tank with diesel. The remnants of the petrol will be that thinned out that it wont be a prob

curtis_caddy wrote:

why dont you just buy a gtd donor car?

i was looking for one last night, there all seem to be pretty cheap with araud 120,000 on the clock, but none of them had other parts that im interested in like leather seats.

1.6td are also in b3 passats and are generally cheaper than gtd mk2s

will gti 16v use less petrol than my current 1.6 carb?