seat leon 1.4 to 2.3 v5 engine conversion finished :-)

[davidson92]

it's the 10v. i would have been happy with either as i can get this one upto the same power as a 170 and i'm told this one has better low down torque although i've never driven a 170... The thing that made my mind up was when i managed to get one with about 65k on it down to £160 for the engine and box! I'm sat at work atm iching to finish so i can go pick it up and fit the induction kit

 

[Slimy]

Having driven both there is very little in it to be fair, my friends 10v had slightly more torque and my 20v has more power but real world they're almost identical. But from memory the 10v was used for more cars so is correspondingly easier (and cheaper) to source. And as you say the remap should improve it anyway.

 

[ReDBull]

Sod the pictures get a readers ride going! Sounds like you've already done alot to it already. You know you can turbo/supercharge the V5 engine...

 

[davidson92]

yes i have been seriously looking into adding a turbo but i need to do a lot of reaserch and find a seriously good mechanic that i can trust to do it for a some what reasonable price... i'll keep you updated with how that search goes though

 

[Slimy]

I've got a few links stashed away for some 10valve turbo builds, give me a nudge when you're bored with your current install!

 

[davidson92]

ahh sounds like i've found the man in the know when it comes to v5's. Yeah feel free to send the links when ever you get time. Would make interesting reading seeing how hard this really is and what the end results/ power outcome are :-D

 

[Slimy]

Foffa is the man for VR5's, start here for reading;

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3967696

I don't know what he got to in the end, his post suggested he was going for 700 BHP... You should be able to find some of his early build threads on vwvortex as well, when he was 'only' heading for 200ish...

A bit more;

http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/234772.aspx

 

[davidson92]

pictures and a video of it on the dyno coming tomorrow after it gets it ECU chip installed, fingers crossed they don't hurt it

 

[ben450]

Don't remember seeing anyone saying it couldnt be done just that there's not much tuning potential with that engine. But fair play to doing something different.

 

[cupraslayer]

pictures and a video of it on the dyno coming tomorrow after it gets it ECU chip installed, fingers crossed they don't hurt it

Yay. Been waiting a month !

 

[seatmilo]

Any updates to this 2.3 V5 ???

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[davidson92]

Yes the v5 has now been chipped, cupra R dials added, some new bbs lm rep wheels. It was on the dyno on friday but before it went on the mechanics were messing with it then it wouldn't run properly, dyno'd it anyway and it produced a very small amount of power, drove it home and it felt horrible, no low down power, sounded like **** and was jerky in low revs, they couldn't figure out why this was, we assumed it was the chip i had fitted. Anyway i was looking at the egine last night and listened to it and realised they hadn't plugged one of the ignition leads back in properly so the car had only been running on 4 cylinders.. hence why i havent put a video up. Now the car is chipped and running on all 5 again it's much quicker, sounds great and is so smooth, feels like a new engine. Cars going back on the dyno this week to see what it's actually producing.

 

[csd_19]

10V is a better base for tuning than the 20V, especially if a turbo is on your list of future wants

Fair play to you for getting the swap done on a tiny budget, very impressive!

 

[dgjdrummer]

Pics/vids or it didn't happen...

 

[beastgtir]

Sounds like a troll

 

[d3m0niTe]

Would love to see some pictures, in this day and age of smartphones & cheap cameras its not a hard thing to do

 

[davidson92]

ha for all you none believers i garantee some pics as soon as i get out of work, will be about 5.30. Will also see if I can get a mate to film a cheeky video of it playing in snow. Without fail pics will be up tonight!

 

[seatmilo]

I hope so davidson as im itching to see this and congratulate you on doing something different

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[AeroMad]

Do hope we get a video of this, love the V5 sound.

 

[ben450]

No pics yet