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richard_sephton:
i have one tired 1300 golf and want to stick a bigger engine in it because the 1300 engine seems to lac power to over take tractors and drops to 50 on hills on the mway does any one know what i would have to do to swap the engine and gear box for more power

Range Rover Blues:
Is it a Beetle, then you can fit a 1302 engine (1600)

You could fit the type 4 engine (2000)

or go mad and fit a Porches engine, yes they do :wink:

Or is it something more, conventional?  Well I may have a spare 3.9 and a big hammer you can borrow.

Seriously, pics, details, budget etc.

richard_sephton:
its a 1300 mk2 golf i know what i can fit in there the germans seem to have been very generous in the engine bay:D its just how many forms do i need to fill in also alot of ppl say they get cheeper tax on small cars with lpg i dont think its true but they insist

clbarclay:
I've seen various engines from later golfs fitted into mk2 including turbo versions, VR6's (turboed + nitrous) as well as a tidy conversion using a 150hp PB TDI engine. How big do you want to go?

Alternatively find a scraped mk2 golf with a 1600 in running order.

Henry Webster:
Its all do-able, but I would vouch to say that unless you want something really special that its not worth it.

With the almost worthless value of S/H cars these days it is usually easier and cheaper to just replace your current car with something faster.

I looked at doing a similar engine upgrade on a 1litre Fiesta van that I used to own, but eventually decided it was worth more as it was and decided to swap it for an XR2 rather than transplant the running gear which was my original plan.

In the end I bought a 2.9 4x4 Sierra Estate instead! :lol:

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