a mate of mine asked me to swap his stock 1.4 16v mk4 golf to 1.8T power, i told him to get the parts and i'd do it for him.

got to my mates unit at 10am sunday and stuck the car on the ramps and have a look at the little 1.4 before it was pulled out

set about getting it out ( through the front as usual)

wasn't too long before it was out

also dropped the subframe out to fit the new rack and wishbone bushes

before the new lump was to find it's new home Ed had decided he was going to do it right and handed me a cambelt kit and water pump which i fitted

and clutch kit

also cleaned out the bellhousing a bit ready to be refitted

now the box was fitted up and the engine was ready to go in, fitted the new engine mounts to the bay the got it perched

got most of the pipes and loom connected and refitted the subframe with the new rack, wishbone bushes, 312mm hubs/ brakes and driveshafts

also took the environmental bits out to tidy things up a bit.

then my battery died in the camera [:DD]

there were a few parts shy so i gave him a day to run round and source the missing parts - so back to it tuesday with the missing items, i also got these from my parts cupboard that were missing and knocked up a blanking plate for the sai system

parts

and sai blank

more progress

now it was all together but there was no spark on any plugs so after running tests on the loom it appeared the ECU was up the duffer, i lent him my ecu of the bora and it fired up first time. so ran it up and dropped all the fluids and replaced fresh, he's been sourcing a new ecu so should have it later today so i can refit the scuttle and wipers and watch him drive off up the road with an extra 105bhp in non mapped form.

i'll get some 100% completed pics later.

final spec is

Engine

1.8T AUQ 180 engine + full engine loom

K03s turbo

1.8T exhaust sytem

6 speed gearbox

6 speed gearlinkage

Anniversary drive shafts

Carbon canister deleted

N112 valve deleted

N249 valve deleted

SAI deleted

PCV valve deleted

Oil catch can fitted

Forge silicon TIP in black

Forge 007p - polished

THS engine / box mounts

Silicon vac lines in black

4 bar FPR

Brakes

1.8T hubs

312mm anni front brakes

256mm vented VRS rear brakes

Rear splash guards trimmed

Chassis

VRS rear beam bushes

S3 wishbone rear bushes

Supersport suspension kit with -50mm 1.8T springs

Other work carried out

New clutch

New cambelt kit

Engine flushed and fresh oil and filter

Fresh coolant

Fresh gearbox oil

Replacement steering rack

Fresh p/s fluid

Fresh brake fluid

1.8T heat shield for brake lines on bulkhead

6 speed clutch cylinder hard line fitted

New sump fitted

New down pipe gasket

New air filter

and that took you all of two days =O damn i wish i had mates like you lol but then again would be considerable more work on a polo =D

top job mate....so whats your list of conversions so far then??

thanks bud, not sure i could list them, be in the region of 40 i'd think.

the thing is i'll always give a price for the job before i do it and allow for a little extra in case of issues so there's no point taking longer than needed and dragging out a job, as long as it's all done right then the sooner it's done the better for everyone.

Olly

Edited 26 March, 201016 yr by polo6n2g40

good work pal

thanks bud :-D

this is amazing!

top work bud :)

Day to day conversions, thats your new company name

Amazing dude, again, such a fast worker :-)

I had the AUQ in my old polo, running a nice easy 234bhp with emerald ecu

skills mate! love all your work!

Inspirational.

Good work :-)

the godfather of engine conversions

haha thanks chaps :-)

took it for it's MOT today, fitted the engine cover and got some quick pics

i'd have liked to give it a proper clean but Edd either had to be somewhere or really wanted to go driving it so took it as it was.

oil catch pipes

cover on

Olly

Absolute animal. Maybe your the only person who can find out whats wrong with my car? lol

what's up with it bud, i can have a go.

genius

How about a CSL lump in mine

real nice job mate

been looking at mk4 / mk5 1.8 20vt's ...

cant decide as it would be my daily

Jake