s-jay1
 Number of posts : 187
Age : 35
Location : Caldecote/hatfield
Drives : MK2 Golf GTI
Registration date : 2009-05-23
 | | Subject: Random engine change question Mon Jan 24 2011, 18:05 | |
| How easy/hard would it be to put a mk2 gti 8v engine and running gear into a mk2 polo saloon? | |
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RM2WAS
Number of posts : 256
Age : 43
Location : dicking about everywhere
Drives : occasionally
Registration date : 2008-02-28
| | Subject: Re: Random engine change question Mon Jan 24 2011, 19:38 | |
| very hard! I chucked one into a mk3 coupe a few years ago, literally a 2 week project never to see the road. It involved cutting most of the car off infront of the windscreen and rebuilding widened chassis legs as the engine/gearbox is actually wider than the space it has to go in. I'm sure I could now do it properly as I've done many more conversions since, but unless you are very handy with a welder i wouldn't even attempt it. | |
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guy
Moderator
Number of posts : 1689
Age : 56
Location : Littleport
Drives : MK 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, T5
Registration date : 2009-09-15
| | Subject: Re: Random engine change question Tue Jan 25 2011, 07:49 | |
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Ha HA HA thats a bit more in depth than I was going to reply,
I was going to sa nothing is impossible but it'd be a real b***h.
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Haz
Number of posts : 86
Drives : Mk3VR, Ibiza20vt, G40.
Registration date : 2008-12-15
| | Subject: Re: Random engine change question Tue Jan 25 2011, 23:09 | |
| A guy I know spent a week with an angle grinder on his mk2 coupe polo and then gave up! | |
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s-jay1
Number of posts : 187
Age : 35
Location : Caldecote/hatfield
Drives : MK2 Golf GTI
Registration date : 2009-05-23
| | Subject: Re: Random engine change question Wed Jan 26 2011, 17:12 | |
| Lol good thing I bought another golf rather than a polo then  | |
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Haz
Number of posts : 86
Drives : Mk3VR, Ibiza20vt, G40.
Registration date : 2008-12-15
| | Subject: Re: Random engine change question Thu Jan 27 2011, 22:59 | |
| - Haz wrote:
- A guy I know spent a week with an angle grinder on his mk2 coupe polo and then gave up!
- s-jay1 wrote:
- Lol good thing I bought another golf rather than a polo then
He then ended up with a polo with half the front chassis missing, a redundant gti engine and a grinder that was burnt out. Smooth. | |
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