Newbie/Help please

natureboy69 · Post by **natureboy69** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:21 am

Just join the forum, looks pretty smart from what i've seen so far. I've got a 1.3 M reg polo but i'm lookin to put a bigger engine in, i've got bout Â£700, any ideas, please help.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:17 am

alritey, welcome to the forum!

for Â£700 im sure u can get a GTI engine (1.6 16v from the mk5 gti) .
R4B VW on this forum has it on his blue mk4, seen it a few times and its bloodi fast!!

but fitting will cost, but if u can fit it yourself, as Rab did then itll be within your budget.

otherwise, just get some decent decent wheels and suspension so it handles good, rather than lots of power and handles like a ship!

hope this helps
enjoy

natureboy69 · Post by **natureboy69** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:39 pm

Cheers, i've had the car about a year now and i've lowered it 50mm on spax springs, got white multi spoke 15"s and a cat back scorpion exhaust, i've done loads of other little bits and quite a lot to the interior, just wanted to start making it a bit faster. any one know if a golf engine would fit?

1litreheater · Post by **1litreheater** » Fri May 13, 2005 9:50 pm

yeah get some pictures up sounds like a nice car ! im thinking of getting some white alloys myself and wouldnt mind seeing what they look like on yours !
Multi spoke ? how many we talking, i think 5 spoke white alloys will lokk the DON

cinder · Post by **cinder** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:19 pm

carmadaaron wrote:alritey, welcome to the forum!

for Â£700 im sure u can get a GTI engine (1.6 16v from the mk5 gti) .
R4B VW on this forum has it on his blue mk4, seen it a few times and its bloodi fast!! but fitting will cost, but if u can fit it yourself, as Rab did then itll be within your budget.

otherwise, just get some decent decent wheels and suspension so it handles good, rather than lots of power and handles like a ship!

hope this helps
enjoy

do you know if this engine fitts right on the old engine mounts, or do they need modifying? Im also looking to do something similar to my polo.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:22 pm

im not an expert on this.. best to ask Speedlaw

1.8T are popular too, think a few members have put this forward. there was one for sale earlier in fact

JTLondon · Post by **JTLondon** » Sat May 14, 2005 12:40 am

1litreheater wrote:yeah get some pictures up sounds like a nice car ! im thinking of getting some white alloys myself and wouldnt mind seeing what they look like on yours !
Multi spoke ? how many we talking, i think 5 spoke white alloys will lokk the DON

CymruPolo had some nice white rims which he was changing from... ask him whether he still has them and how much he's selling them for.

natureboy69 · Post by **natureboy69** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:02 am

cheers, i'll try and put up some pics after work, i've been told that a mk2 1.6 golf engine should fit straight in and the same with the mk3 1.6, but it was one of my mates that told me and i wonderded if any you guys had done something similar?

natureboy69 · Post by **natureboy69** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:03 am

Oh yeah and the wheels are 12 spoke, they really look mint.

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:04 pm

i know that 1.8T's need new engine mounts for defo, not sure on the gti 1.6 mk5 though.
can't wait for the piccies

-Ben-