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Got one as a project and need guidance on an engine swap.

Beemerlads got one and done an engine swap recently IIRC

www.golfgtiforum.co.uk is quite good too

Lee (Beemerlad) has done and engine swap on one of these recently.


Edit....beat me to it.

cool i'll drop him a pm

Best to go on edition 38

done a few mk2 golf engine swaps G60 /20 vt / abf so easy to work on

i'm after a straight forward run through of what's needed to put a 20vt into a mk2. i have looked through the usual forums before but it's just bits and pieces here and there. surely there must be a guide, or even a definitive list of parts somewhere?

base car is an 87 8v gti on digifant injection.

I've not seen a direct walk-through for the 20vt swap anywhere, but I haven't really looked for them either.

I think the swap will be more difficult into your car Harry as it is an earlier car like ours with the CE1 fusebox, but it may be OK as it's a digi. I'd assume your hazard switch is on the dash and not the top of the steering column.

I did the 2ltr 16v swap into our MK2, engine code ABF. I bought a plug & play loom for it though.

Harry, on the loom side for the 20vt you can buy plug & play looms and other stuff from a company called QP Engineering, they're not cheap mind you. Their website has a helpful guide on the parts needed etc http://www.qpeng.com/conversion_guide.html

Jake, what engine swap are you looking at doing?

E30BeemerLad wrote:I've not seen a direct walk-through for the 20vt swap anywhere, but I haven't really looked for them either.

I think the swap will be more difficult into your car Harry as it is an earlier car like ours with the CE1 fusebox, but it may be OK as it's a digi. I'd assume your hazard switch is on the dash and not the top of the steering column.

I did the 2ltr 16v swap into our MK2, engine code ABF. I bought a plug & play loom for it though.

Harry, on the loom side for the 20vt you can buy plug & play looms and other stuff from a company called QP Engineering, they're not cheap mind you. Their website has a helpful guide on the parts needed etc http://www.qpeng.com/conversion_guide.html

Yeah, Hazzard switch is on the dash. A bit of a pain as yet again we've got a car that's a crossover version! Early stalks / buttons, lhd layout wipers, early 1/4light doors, smaller early type balljoints but with the digifant intake / injection setup.

Can make buying bits from places like ecp a right pain in the arse!

Wiring I can kind of work my way through, it needs an overhaul anyway as there's the remains of an 80s alarm / imobiliser in the engine bay which I'd like to strip out.

I've seen some really factory looking conversions which is exactly what I'd want. I think a standard 150bhp lump would be fun with a similar grunty feel of the original 8v, just more of it, with the potential for easy increases in the future.

to be honest there is so many ways off doing the 20 vt conversion which all have there plus points we ran qpeng with the first one plug and play couple hours wire up and started first go ma friends just got his mk2 golf back weve got a audi s3 engine sitting waiting to go hopefully going to hit the 300 bhp mark

get a wee read through this http://www.qpeng.com/conversion_guide.html

these things are crazy fast and fun

jmccall85 wrote:to be honest there is so many ways off doing the 20 vt conversion which all have there plus points we ran qpeng with the first one plug and play couple hours wire up and started first go ma friends just got his mk2 golf back weve got a audi s3 engine sitting waiting to go hopefully going to hit the 300 bhp mark

get a wee read through this http://www.qpeng.com/conversion_guide.html

these things are crazy fast and fun

brilliant, cheers