Mk1 engine

[ethan]

Gday all
is it worth buying a second hand engine for a mk1 golf or get mine rebuilt, il admit my second golf its engine will need allot of cash spent on it???

as usual all the advice and help i can get is greatly appreciated

ethan

[Peter Jones]

Buy a second hand MK3/Cordoba 1800 and be happy.

Everything just bolts up and they go like stink.

Best bang for your buck going.

Pete

[ethan]

What would that set me back?? any ideas??

[Peter Jones]

Going price for one of those is in the order of $350 to $500 on any given day.

[ethan]

i would like to put a mk1 engine in her to keep that part of the car stock

[Peter Jones]

1800's were a stock motor for the Mk1 Cabrio and the later Campaign models

[ethan]

really?? any one know where i may be able to find one in tasmania??

[Golf Loon]

I can get a good un delivered to your door for $500 or less.

[JoshFair]

i really like this thread guys... And Loon i'm gonna be hitting that up soon... or soonish... after my wedding so hopefully by summer!

[Jarred]

this topic has been covered many times. before you go asking all these questions of how and what and how much, have a bit of a poke around the mk 1 forum. there's litterally HEAPS of threads covering this very topic, all the info is already there for the taking!

[GRN_VAGN]

Whats wrong with the engine in the yellow golf?
Ran beautiful when i ran it.

Just put around with that and save for a mild 1800, they go like stink as pete said!!

[ethan]

she's running on 3 not 4 cylinders, the brake cylinders turned up today for my other mk1, so im using that atm, doing the yellow one up.

[GRN_VAGN]

try new plugs and leads, it ran perfect minus a oil leak, i drove it around for a week.

[ethan]

its been pressure tested, but its easy fix cobba, bar that today on my day of iv taken rear bumper off for a clean up, the car is going to the painters in the next few weeks so i ay rebuild the engine nd make it look nice.

[JoshFair]

Bro i'm coming down Fri- Sun.. Visitsies?