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Fittin a hi- power engine quezzies

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There must be threads on fitting other engines, I may have overlooked, please advise :puterwork:

Want to fit a twincam or similar engine for street racing, rotary & elect system too expensive, has anyone done a good mod with decent output without breaking the bank? If I was overlooking a thread please advise.Advice for buying & fiting front disc brake conversion also welcome , :?:
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Cheapest and easiest is to fit a 1.8 golf carb motor.
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Where are you based. Its pointless sending you shopping in CT or DBN if your in JHB
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If a rotary is too expensive, then give up here.
Just go buy a Mk2 GTI thats been hammered to death and hope for the best.
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I'm gonna say this slowly A I R C O O L E D R U L E S! hehe

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Don't go watercooled. It'll cost you more to go watercooled than to build a nice twinport engine. At the end of the day you will spend money on the conversion and the car will be worth nothing. just my 2c :)
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4agedub wrote:Don't go watercooled. It'll cost you more to go watercooled than to build a nice twinport engine. At the end of the day you will spend money on the conversion and the car will be worth nothing. just my 2c :)
...unless you do a WBX conversion...
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Where are you based
PTA thanks for asking :D
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Just go buy a Mk2 GTI thats been hammered to death and hope for the best.
Serious??? :roll:
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build a nice twinport engine.
Sounds very interesting, where can I get more info???
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...unless you do a WBX conversion...
Sorry , no comprende??? :oops:
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Wasserboxer engine.In other words a flat four watercooled engine.
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Wasserboxer engine.In other words a flat four watercooled engine.
:oops: Ok, where can I find info?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserboxer

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Bratjie wrote:
Just go buy a Mk2 GTI thats been hammered to death and hope for the best.
Serious??? :roll:
Yes.
If you are not prepared to spend some decent cash, then forget about a performance engine.
Performance isnt cheap, and if you find cheap performance, you will be in tears in a very short time.

Make up your mind how much you want to spend and then start asking questions. A vague question like yours wont give you any accurate answers.
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