burk
18-03-2007, 07:46 PM
Just wondering if anyone on here's done this conversion?
I'm thinking about saving up for a trackday car and quite fancy dropping this lump in to a MKII 16v shell. I've just been flicking through one of my old PPC mags and read about the conversion, seems like a good one to do.
I've tried to calculate a rough idea of costs and I think it could be done for around £5000-£6000 which IMO would make a pretty decent track car.
I've worked out the following, would like peoples opinions on this and wether I've missed anything out that others can think of:-
Second hand MK2 16v - £700-900
1.8T engine and ancilarries - about a grand
Gearbox from a VR6 or MK4 Golf - £250
Bigger brakes - £350
Labour costs around £2000 or less.
The only other thing I can think of is the suspension. Possible future mod being the larger IHI turbo from Jabba Sport.
I'm thinking about saving up for a trackday car and quite fancy dropping this lump in to a MKII 16v shell. I've just been flicking through one of my old PPC mags and read about the conversion, seems like a good one to do.
I've tried to calculate a rough idea of costs and I think it could be done for around £5000-£6000 which IMO would make a pretty decent track car.
I've worked out the following, would like peoples opinions on this and wether I've missed anything out that others can think of:-
Second hand MK2 16v - £700-900
1.8T engine and ancilarries - about a grand
Gearbox from a VR6 or MK4 Golf - £250
Bigger brakes - £350
Labour costs around £2000 or less.
The only other thing I can think of is the suspension. Possible future mod being the larger IHI turbo from Jabba Sport.