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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:35 am |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2011 Posts: 174
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Location: Wrexham
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i have a 2002 1.6 16v xsi, i wanted to know whether i could swap JUST the engine, take the 1.6 out and drop the 2.0 gti in, keeping all mounts and what else the same, what else would i need to swap to make it run smoothly and work? ecu etc, throttle body etc...
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:10 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 2596
Trade Rating: +17
Location: North West Wales
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One question... Why?
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:14 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2719
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Location: UK
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If you have to ask, I wouldn't recommend it.
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:23 pm |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2011 Posts: 174
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Location: Wrexham
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well i would like more power, but just wondering would i have to buy everything off a gti to make it work or could i use some of the stuff off my 1.6?
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:45 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 2596
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Location: North West Wales
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Adam2061994 wrote: |
well i would like more power, but just wondering would i have to buy everything off a gti to make it work or could i use some of the stuff off my 1.6? |
Why not just tune the 1.6 with aftermarket performance parts?
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:46 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 3666
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Location: Scotland
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LeeThr wrote: |
Adam2061994 wrote: |
well i would like more power, but just wondering would i have to buy everything off a gti to make it work or could i use some of the stuff off my 1.6? |
Why not just tune the 1.6 with aftermarket performance parts? |
Or buy a GTi.
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| '98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6
'04 Obsidian Black 206 GTi 138 | |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 12:52 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 7045
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Location: In the garage
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Too much needs changing to make it worthwhile. Unless you have 2 crap cars and have all the ingredients to make a good one.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 1:02 pm |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2013 Posts: 199
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Location: kent
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you can get a gti for pennys now, would be easyer just to by one.
off the top of my head the 1.6 is a TU engine and the gti is a EW so your need to change mounts, ecu, loom, gearbox....
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| Topaz 2.0 16v 205 Gti6 (ph1.5)
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 1:15 pm |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2011 Posts: 174
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Location: Wrexham
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okay thanks for your help, any body got any decent links to cams for my car or nice performance parts, any help will be greatful,
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 1:28 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 2596
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Location: North West Wales
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Lecktorious wrote: |
LeeThr wrote: |
Adam2061994 wrote: |
well i would like more power, but just wondering would i have to buy everything off a gti to make it work or could i use some of the stuff off my 1.6? |
Why not just tune the 1.6 with aftermarket performance parts? |
Or buy a GTi. |
True, the 1.6 does have a lot of potential though due to sharing the sane platform as the 106 GTi/Saxo VTs.
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 1:45 pm |
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Joined: Apr 18, 2013 Posts: 186
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Location: Ashington, Northumberland
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Adam I would say, in just my opinion that going down the road of cams and heavy engine mods would be more expensive that buying a Gti that just needs a little TLC. It's going to cost when you come engine internals.
How much extra would you get from an ECU remap, induction, and exhaust? The induction and exhaust can cost buttons on Ebay, a reamp about £200 I would guess. I'd guess at £300 for the lot if you're lucky. It depends how far you want to go. It's your car and your choice but if it was me wanting GTi power I would either buy a GTi or get a 2.0HDi and have it mapped to 155bhp with an intercooler.
But then if I could get 140bhp out of my 1.4 just to p**s people off I would
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:52 pm |
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Joined: Nov 07, 2012 Posts: 87
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Location: st.albans hertfordshire
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i have a 1.6 16v XSI 53plate... and i mean needing not sound silly... its fast enough.. yes okay a GTI is a GTI.. but for the price of it, i can get a set of newman ph3 cams £400 a re-map £200 and an induction kit anyhting up to £100... and i can have probably 150+BHP.. and waste a GTI in a race.... just mod it, the XSI is an awesome car... get a C2 VTS inlet manifold, get the cylinder head from a C2 VTS, and a 4-2-1 manifol... and will be up there with a 180 if you get another re-map after all the mods, depends on your pockets and far you wanna take it... i am on a low budget of earning £1000 a month maybe more depends how hard i work lol. but i personally would just get a new set of newman ph3 cams, an new exhaust and an inlet manifold from aC2 VTS and get it mapped... SORTED!!
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:45 am |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2011 Posts: 174
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Location: Wrexham
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thanks for your help! awesome!:)
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:58 am |
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Joined: Jan 05, 2011 Posts: 483
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Location: Wiltshire
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another thing people failed to mention is the insurance increase after an engine swap, i think it would be far cheaper in the long run to just buy a GTi and swap any bits you want to keep from the XSi
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