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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:53 pm
by Gibbo214
*laughing my fat rear end off* so how the hecks it supposed to be cheaper than buyin an s2 elise engine
.... thats £2400 for emerald and the crank.. and getting my hands dirty to save on labour.. not that i'd have anyone else carry out work on my car anyway though
.........annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddd ur engine rebuild kit
, new clutch, full service kit...
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:04 pm
by E_T_V
What power level are you looking for?
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:03 am
by Gibbo214
170-180
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:12 am
by E_T_V
Fit a T series if you want reliability with minimum expenditure.
Supposed to be 197 as standard (but are usually 180-190 for a good one).
If you did the work yourself you are looking at less then 1k for the conversion, maybe £500 if you fall on the right donor car.
For that sort of power out of a K series it won't be reliable, and it won't be cheap.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:17 am
by Gibbo214
yes.. very good point, i have always considered the whole t-turbo conversion.. its just the finding a decent donor car. i mean theres the obvious 220 gsi.gti turbo... but unless they are in poor condition bodywise.. i would feel bad about breaking one, so could you use a coupe turbo for all the parts? i would want to have arouns £1500 to spend though doing a turbo con... would wanna rebuild the engine with uprated this and that and new coilovers all around etc. so i think i'll just settle for a 1.8vvc. but a turbo conversion is something i do intend to do