Hi Im new to the forum and was just wondering what type of budget would I need to have to Do this conversion??
Cheers
Ethan
long as a peice of string really.
Whether its a get an engine and bolt it in... (budget about £1000 for an engine/gearbox/charger/ancills)
or whehter you want to do preventative maintenance etc etc. (budget about 2x to 3x that)
It'll be approx same price as a g60 conversion.
Are you doing it yourself? I bought an 8v and a 1.3 and made one out the two (found it easier to just swap mounts around, etc until it fitted. I wrote lots about how I did what on the PSD forum but that's not around anymore. There's still some pics leftover on my photobucket account, although not the best.
Off the top of my head I had to make a custom downpipe, as the Golf one hit the sump (I think) and the polo one hit the Golf steering rack, so chopped the two about and got a bloke that builds space framed campers to make the extra bend and weld it up.
I may still have a copy of my wiring list/matrix too (stating what wire goes where, etc) but it was pretty easy really. I used either a Merc Sprinter IC or a Renault one (about the same size).
Driveshafts were a headache, I think the NS (left/ short) one was 1.3 golf and the OS (drivers/right) was mk1 or 2 Golf diesel after I snapped 2x 1.3 golf ones (it was about 150bhp-ish).
Apart from that and lopping off the charger engine mount I'm pretty sure the rest was straight forward. I did work in a garage with a ramp and lots of tools at my disposal though at the time so I'm sure this helped more than I remember!
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c80/ereeiz/F885JBW/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ20
I swapped it for a 6n 1.4 16v but he then broke the car about 4 weeks later :(
Oh yeh, as for prices (it was about 5 years ago), I paid £150 for the 8v and about £170 for the 1.3 ~£1k for the conversion £100 for both intercoolers. On top of that it was the usual stuff; coolant, oil, filters etc. Depends how far you want to go and in what way, I was doing it on a budget with the intention of putting it all into a nice shell after a few months running it in case it turned into a nightmare. apart from the driveshafts which I eventually got sorted It was a good car, just a shame everything was worn out. I also left the garage and went into racing so was spending 6-7 days/wk @ about 12hrs a day on cars and the last thing I wanted to do was my own, hence getting rid. always regretted it and would love to do another but I'm too lazy and uninspired nowadays, hah
I've done it did it for about 300 quid and worth every penny :)
(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/oli-b/67b8b68a.jpg)
what was that 1st pic of that you put up before this one?
Got the wrong pic it was a rear engine mount a made after the vw one snaped