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g40 conversion
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:39 pm
by Musicfreek2002
Took my car to a garage today and have just had a heart attack as they have sed that they think ive bent a valve and its gonna cost me a minimum of £400 and could cost as much as £900.
Jus wundring prices on a g40 conversion for my motor, im gonna get some coilys so i dont need to upgrade suspension.
So how much do you think for the g40 lump fitted and uprated brakes?
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:16 pm
by Peebo
a helllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of a lot more money than to put a 16v or gti engine in....
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:56 pm
by R1CH
Peebo wrote:a helllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of a lot more money than to put a 16v or gti engine in....
hell of a difference in performance aswell surely,im not too up on g40s.
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:20 pm
by Peebo
saying that though....if what a standard 16v is 100bhp...the only thing that makes the g40 quick is that its in a mk3 weighing what 200kg lighter...
as the standard g40 engine only pushes out 113bhp
i'd like to see what a 16v engine would be like in a mk3???
but to my point if you were to put a standard g40 engine in a mk4 shell it would'nt be all that quick....but the NOISE would make up...
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:55 pm
by R1CH
noise doesnt mean much if it doesnt go anywhere.a friend of mine as just bought an st24 and it sounds awesome and shifts,1.8t maybe ???????????
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:39 am
by david burton
Peebo wrote:a helllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of a lot more money than to put a 16v or gti engine in....
any reason why it's more expensive? would a 16v be plug and play or would you need a 16v ecu with it? you wouldn't need an ecu with the G40 though. Is it just the extra cost of the G40 lump to start with?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:05 am
by Peebo
the g40 engine would need a lot more wok doing to mount the engine....
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:02 pm
by warrmr
david burton wrote:Peebo wrote:a helllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of a lot more money than to put a 16v or gti engine in....
any reason why it's more expensive? would a 16v be plug and play or would you need a 16v ecu with it? you wouldn't need an ecu with the G40 though. Is it just the extra cost of the G40 lump to start with?
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youeh the 16v is more plug n play as 90% of the wireing is already there as it was made for the mk4 polo so vw use all the same mounting points and wireing jus add and remove different bits.
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:18 pm
by david burton
ah ok.
in terms of extra bits for the 16v - are many of the external ancilliaries different, or is it just the bits connected to the engine you need to take with it (forget the gearbox obviously!)?
just curious - I thought the 16v had a fair few bits different to the 8v