New engine for my ibiza

[blackdream]

My 1.4 44kw still do a great job (yesterday it reached 175 km/h on tach and 167km/h on gps!) but anyway I'm thinking about an engine upgrade as next mod. The new engine must be:

Aspirated (I already have a turbo as weekend car so I would like to keep an NA during the week)

Light (I excluded the 2.0 for the weight so I'm looking for something in the 1.6 - 1.8 range)

and with rebuild+mods I'm looking at 150 hp.

I searched for most VW engines of that years and it seems that the best choice would be the 1800 16v 139hp that was stock on mk2 golf gti. What i want to do is to buy one, rebuild it, do some mods like cams, heads and put in the car.

What are your opinions guys?

I remember an episode of Fifth Gear with an mk2 Golf GTI with this exact engine I suppose, and with the mods they did I remember a range to 8000rpm that makes the thing extremely interesting

Let me know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCcUSbdtzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtpsKV-8C_k

 

[Big-Pete]

the 2l dont weigh much more mate but it would fit no probs.

 

[M1KEH]

As Pete says that vw 1.8 weighs nearly the same as the 2.0. How about the 1.6 16v from the polo gti?

 

[ather`s]

As Pete says that vw 1.8 weighs nearly the same as the 2.0. How about the 1.6 16v from the polo gti?

+1! nice and different engine that not alot of people have done.

 

[Big-Pete]

As Pete says that vw 1.8 weighs nearly the same as the 2.0. How about the 1.6 16v from the polo gti?

2.0l with the 1.8 16v head and some throttle bodies check out dinky daves build! thats what you wanna do!

 

[CraigW]

As Pete says that vw 1.8 weighs nearly the same as the 2.0. How about the 1.6 16v from the polo gti?

+1! nice and different engine that not alot of people have done.

How easy would that be to do??

That is one option I have considered doing, only because not many people have actually do it and its different.

 

[blackdream]

As Pete says that vw 1.8 weighs nearly the same as the 2.0. How about the 1.6 16v from the polo gti?

how many hp and what years had it? tnx

 

[M1KEH]

120 as standard, so realistically you could probaby get 140-150. With cams, throttle bodies and a standaone ecu.

I don't know about mounts exactly but as the 6n polo used the same 1.4 as the 6k polo I would say it's going to be a fairly simple swap to do. Might be worth looking at clubpolo to see people who have done gti conversions.

It is in the 6n2 polo from 2000-2002.

 

[AlpineWhite]

And in the lupo gti

 

[CraigW]

120 as standard, so realistically you could probaby get 140-150. With cams, throttle bodies and a standaone ecu.

I don't know about mounts exactly but as the 6n polo used the same 1.4 as the 6k polo I would say it's going to be a fairly simple swap to do. Might be worth looking at clubpolo to see people who have done gti conversions.

It is in the 6n2 polo from 2000-2002.

I think I am going to look into this more as its something that I would fancy doing as its abit different. Thats what I thought regarding the mounts. Clubpolo here I come.

But how would I go about it clock/dash wise?

And in the lupo gti

Oh yeah I forgot about the lupo gti.

 

[M1KEH]

http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=142326

 

[M1KEH]

I think I am going to look into this more as its something that I would fancy doing as its abit different. Thats what I thought regarding the mounts. Clubpolo here I come.

But how would I go about it clock/dash wise?



Oh yeah I forgot about the lupo gti.

I'd go for modding the polo/lupo clocks into your car.

 

[ather`s]

I think I am going to look into this more as its something that I would fancy doing as its abit different. Thats what I thought regarding the mounts. Clubpolo here I come.

But how would I go about it clock/dash wise?



Oh yeah I forgot about the lupo gti.

on some of them craig, the dash is the same but the speedo pod is set out differently. speedo and rev counter on the outside and fuel and petrol in the middle at the top.

 

[CraigW]

Thanks for the link Mike, will have to have a read through it sometime.

I know the conversion isnt into a mk2 Ibiza but it will be close enough. Will I need everything that is listed on that thread?? Including the interior loom etc?

 

[M1KEH]

I'm not entirely sure but you will need most of it, you will need some of the interior loom to run the clocks etc. You would need to compare wiring diagrams and fusebox layouts. Not going to be easy to do but with some thought you should be able to do it.

It may be easier to run on original clocks and just get the immobiliser turned off on the ecu. But I'm not entirely sure about that.

 

[Ieuan-J]

As Pete says that vw 1.8 weighs nearly the same as the 2.0. How about the 1.6 16v from the polo gti?

or mk4 polo 1.4 16v (100 bhp) they go pretty well

 

[CraigW]

It may be easier to run on original clocks and just get the immobiliser turned off on the ecu. But I'm not entirely sure about that.

But if I managed to get the keys and the immobilisor chup then I could in theory switch the chips over and that would eliminate the immobiliser problem.

How would you get around the fly-by-wire accelerator pedal??

 

[vngtx]

has nobody done a 2.0 16vt conversion from a mk2 leon yet?