Hello club polo..........I'm a lover of vw polos old 1s :-) and brought a breadvan for my first car when i past my test and loved it picked it up from hinkley leicester for 370 great british pounds lol not a very expensive car but brilliant none the less spent a year driving it around took me evrywere with the bog standard 1043cc 4 speed engine gears blah blah ........decided i needed some bass ....done that.....decided it needed servicing done that changed front wheel bearings twice and the bastard still whined a little turned out i think it was gearbox but thats another story.........dropped it on its arse on spring and shock kit and thats welhen the fun began :-) thought i was fuckin street racer lol take on anythin ha ha have beat a few cars tbh but nothing spectacular did beat a gti 8v mk2 golf before tho but the car smelt like proper burn after that 1 :-) have kept the car and almost 2 years on still have it sitting on the drive next to a polo 6n afh :-) now u see were this is going lol i drive a mk4 golf 1.4 as daily driver and its a peice of shit but keeps going :-) iv started doin a bit of work on a conversion but am still in very early stage still stripping the breadvan ........the plan is ecu injection conversion and well tbh dont have a clue about wiring lol i will get a haynes and google diagrams on both cars would love a bit of input from u veterans on here some pointers or any advice would be helpful thanks in advance to anyone that helps its apreciated regards ozzy

Hello club polo..........I'm a lover of vw polos old 1s :-) and brought a breadvan for my first car when i past my test and loved it picked it up from hinkley leicester for 370 great british pounds lol not a very expensive car but brilliant none the less spent a year driving it around took me evrywere with the bog standard 1043cc 4 speed engine gears blah blah ........decided i needed some bass ....done that.....decided it needed servicing done that changed front wheel bearings twice and the bastard still whined a little turned out i think it was gearbox but thats another story.........dropped it on its arse on spring and shock kit and thats welhen the fun began :-) thought i was fuckin street racer lol take on anythin ha ha have beat a few cars tbh but nothing spectacular did beat a gti 8v mk2 golf before tho but the car smelt like proper burn after that 1 :-) have kept the car and almost 2 years on still have it sitting on the drive next to a polo 6n afh :-) now u see were this is going lol i drive a mk4 golf 1.4 as daily driver and its a peice of shit but keeps going :-) iv started doin a bit of work on a conversion but am still in very early stage still stripping the breadvan ........the plan is ecu injection conversion and well tbh dont have a clue about wiring lol i will get a haynes and google diagrams on both cars would love a bit of input from u veterans on here some pointers or any advice would be helpful thanks in advance to anyone that helps its apreciated regards ozzy

Heres some pics of my beloved breadvan

I'm basically doing the same as you but further into it. Are you going to try and fit the VAG COM and Mk4 dials?

I'm basically doing the same as you but further into it. Are you going to try and fit the VAG COM and Mk4 dials?

I'm not sure really .....i know i would like mk2 clocks with a rev counter on em mine is the standard 1 with mph and a good old quartz on it as far as the vag com can i have that altho i want mk2 clocks or if i hav vag com do i need mk4 dials? ?

Another picture of ma breddy got the engine out already but cant upload any pics limited to 1m of attatchments how to upload multiple pics? ??

Problem i have with the Mk2 clocks is they only go up to 100mph so I'm hoping to butcher my clocks and surround to have the Mk4 dials. This is why its taking so long compared to guys on here that do the engine swap over a weekend.

Problem i have with the Mk2 clocks is they only go up to 100mph so I'm hoping to butcher my clocks and surround to have the Mk4 dials. This is why its taking so long compared to guys on here that do the engine swap over a weekend.

Nothing should be rushed if u want to do it right.......have u used all afh? ???? Gearbox, stater motor, driveshafts etc, ,,

Gearbox is no good, but you can sell it for £100 and buy a 5 speed Mk2/3 Polo gearbox for £50 or less so quids in. Starter motor yes, driveshafts are the original ones to my Mk2. I'm using a Mk2 alternator though with a Mk4 pulley. So the Mk2 loom can power the car lights and use as much of the Mk4 loom for other jobs.

I'm using as much as possible to hopefully make a nice reliable motor with the benefits of the VAG COM as more and more mechanics only know how to plug in a laptop.

I have created so many jobs for myself though, the car was supposed to be finished back in May haha

I thought i might be able to use it I'm sure if i was reading correctly some1 on here used all afh and had to bend an engine mount 5 mm or somthin I'm sure of it ......either way are those 8p boxes any good? Are they very rare or will i find 1 simple enuff on here or ebay maybe? ? Plus i think the injection/ecu is the way for me sounds like you are makin urs well vag com and all for diag etc etc might have to copy that.....u aint patent it yet have you lol

What year is the 16v?

Its an r reg 96 or 97 i think......dragon green with sunroof and standard alloys on it and central lockin and e/w

Why is the gearbox no good Keerly? If you're worried about the output flanges being too wide, these can be swapped from a mk2 to make the 6n box compatible.

Hello prankstar is the procedure for changing flanges easy? ? Any special tools needed? ? I was hoping to go all afh ......could i use afh driveshafts also? ?? Just the mk2 shafts were a bit nocky nocky probly be able to get newer 6n shafts or service em new ball joints etc

I'm curious about 6n rear beam aswel would that fit? ?

Hello prankstar is the procedure for changing flanges easy? ? Any special tools needed? ? I was hoping to go all afh ......could i use afh driveshafts also? ?? Just the mk2 shafts were a bit nocky nocky probly be able to get newer 6n shafts or service em new ball joints etc

Whilst the flanges may be interchangeable, I'm not sure if you could convert the 6N box from cable to rod shift.

Of course, is it a cable or rod change?

6n rear beam won't fit. Why would it?

Edited 23 October, 201213 yr by prankstar2003

Just curious thats all p.s i didnt know the 6n gear linkage was a cable thought it would be rod like most cars iv seen before .......nt many lol

P.s is there anyone with an 8p gearbox they might wanna part with in a couple of months? ?

May be worth checking the box to see if its a rod type. I know some 6n boxes are as I have one. Maybe all AFH boxes are cable though

Will take a look ......thanks for info

Roll on tomorrow do some work on cars :-)

Roll on tomorrow do some work on cars :-)

It looks great! I love the color. Good luck with the project.

Thanks mate......hes not bad for 23 years old.....the engine out of it was great aswel.....never let me down once dunno what I'm gonna do with it .....hate to see it go to waste :-/ what did u do with your old engine? ?

Thanks mate......hes not bad for 23 years old.....the engine out of it was great aswel.....never let me down once dunno what I'm gonna do with it .....hate to see it go to waste :-/ what did u do with your old engine? ?

It's still in the car! I'm still waiting for the new engine to come for me to remove it!

Oh silly me lol your doing a afh conversion tho aint u ??? I have read you are build thread ....