1.8t gti to r32 engine conversion

stevenbmkiv said:

Whilst anything is technically possible surely there comes a point when you have to hold your hands up and say it's too much time and money.

Whilst the above isn't perhaps too far out of reach it does leave me wondering why people would do this because the car would still be a 1.8 come resale time.

Of course owner preference is key here and fair play to him if he does achieve it. For most people though it's possibly too far out of reach so naturally a reactive rather than proactive reply will often be posted.

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Different strokes for different folks as they say.Not everyone wants to do the turbo thing which has been done to death a gerzillion times,the o/p has spent a lot of time and money on his car and an engine swap whether it's an R32 or Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine is the next step.A labour of love like this has no consideration for selling it on and how much it's worth,in terms of man hours it's almost priceless.

But.................putting an R32 engine into a car that wasn't originally an R is something I'd never think of doing.I always wanted an R32 from the first time I drove one back in 2002 (ish),and nothing less than a whole and genuine R would keep me happy.I wanted the whole thing,the big displacement n/a engine,the V6 sound,the seats,the chassis,the 4 wheel drive etc etc.I wouldn't be happy with that engine in anything else,while other people want the challenge of making something their own and say blow the expense or impracticality of it all .