Mk3 CL(2door) with pologti 1.8t

[astro]

hey wondering how hard and how much it would cost to get the 1.8t into the mk3?

or am i better off just turboing the 1.8motor that is in the car now.

Thanks for your help

[Shteifen]

Hey mate, just have a search in the conversions area of this forum or have a search on vwvortex for the mk3 1.8t swap, its been covered heaps
-steve

[MattyT]

Not as difficult as some would have you believe.

Qpeng make a wiring loom / ecu hack to transplant a 1.8t into a mk3. A guy here in Perth just did but I havent seen the finished product yet.

[h100vw]

You can get the std immobiliser defeated and use all the std wiring. Comes with a flash and all the diagnostics intact.

Gavin

[jayjay]

Golf loon has one of these in his mk2 scirocco.

you can either make your car in a golf shelled polo gti, or run something like qpeng or another aftermarket engine management system.

[Shteifen]

actually, i just remembered, if you already have a mk3 with a 2 liter, Reflex Tuning make a distributor kit, so the 1.8t fits straight in, uses same everything, the ecu just thinks with the help of their chip that it is running the stock motor with a turbo. ecu doesnt know any different. uses all standard wiring loom, sensors, plugs and everything. can even run AC, PS etc
just search reflex tuning on google and u should find it
if i blow my vr6 up *touch wood!* this is what ill do i think, seems real easy.
-steve

[Shteifen]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4566074

didnt look how old this is but its got pictures of this guys reflex tuning swap
its a mk3 cabrio by the way, not a mk4
-steve

[Jarred]

just make sure you research with your local engineer/RTA about legalities of it. cause you don't want to have a stack in an illegal car. big whoopsie.

fror example, in VIC you'd have to run the standard ECU, aftermarket would require emissions testing, which would cost an arm and a leg. (not hundreds, thousands!)

hope this is some more food for thought.