newbie from wrexham here

hi all
just got my first dub,mk5 polo gti and g40 lump
was into my french but now turns german
il be coming to the next meet so il see you all there!!
nik
ps i will get pics up

welcome cuz

Welcome, but ist a GTi lump quicker than a G40 lump standard ?

Suppsoe GGGsmilessss!!!!!!!!!!

Pictures

its got stage 4 charger
boost return mod
chip
250cc injectors
4-2-1
frontmount
big valve head
lightend flywheel
g40 box with diffrent ratio's
few more bits ect
looking at 170bhp once fueling is setup good

seems to go well atm
il get pics asap
cheers

Welcome ! Cant wait to see it at the meet ! Piccys, piccys

welcome

Welcome, get some pics up

Welcome

Seems a weird conversion

A g40 is 114bhp from standard and a gti is 123bhp

But surely a gti engine should be able to get near the 150bhp to 160bhp mark? with a similar amount of work and it's gonna be a lot more reliable and less mantainence than a g40 lump, what with charger rebuilds etc

Also I bet it's a bitch to insure assuming it's down on the log book as what it is and all above board

Do engine conversions have to be valued independantly? Was never sure on that or do you just tell them, suppose it depends on the company

Maybe a 1.8t conversion could have worked better?

hodge112 wrote:

Welcome

Seems a weird conversion

A g40 is 114bhp from standard and a gti is 123bhp

But surely a gti engine should be able to get near the 150bhp to 160bhp mark? with a similar amount of work and it's gonna be a lot more reliable and less mantainence than a g40 lump, what with charger rebuilds etc

Also I bet it's a bitch to insure assuming it's down on the log book as what it is and all above board

Do engine conversions have to be valued independantly? Was never sure on that or do you just tell them, suppose it depends on the company

Maybe a 1.8t conversion could have worked better?

a tuned up G40 engine will definitely be quicker than a tuned up GTi engine. VW had gotten pretty much the most they could out of the GTi engine, tuning it up more only puts more strain on the already crappy gearbox.

Hodge, exactly what i was thinking, depends what price the G40 lump was

cheers for the coments guys
im looking at a turbo for it soon as a 20v lump is a dear do around 5k all in i think
il get some pics up 2moro
yep 1.3 on the books

well make sure you will be selling the G lump in over a years time, you may have a quick sale

But only once i can insure it

Luke_MK3 wrote:

well make sure you will be selling the G lump in over a years time, you may have a quick sale

But only once i can insure it

im sure it will go quick lol

so did you buy it with the g40 then or did you do it yourself?

yeah Cymru a g40 engine will be more powerful

But I'm saying it won't be as reliable and doesn't seem worth the price it would have cost foe the conversion as you sacrifice reliability and running costs go up etc

And a gti engine with a good amount of work would still be reliable (depending how hard you drive) and you don't have to worry about charger rebuilds and that. And it would still be at a more than respectable power

I just meant given the choice I know what I'd do is all

hodge112 wrote:

yeah Cymru a g40 engine will be more powerful

But I'm saying it won't be as reliable and doesn't seem worth the price it would have cost foe the conversion as you sacrifice reliability and running costs go up etc

And a gti engine with a good amount of work would still be reliable (depending how hard you drive) and you don't have to worry about charger rebuilds and that. And it would still be at a more than respectable power

I just meant given the choice I know what I'd do is all

Fair point

And yes, I agree it would be more relaible, but like I pointed out it would be the gearbox that would let it down. It struggles to cope with the standard 125bhp as it is which is a shame. They're great cars bar the damn gearbox problems!

i got it with the g40 in a lad called olly built it and put 5k into the car and engine i think,got some plans for it and planning on spending a few k
as for charger rebuilds it will have a turbo on soon or even a 20vt just want to find more out about the swap over

Welcome, sounds like a good conversion.

I believe that the G40 engine is also lighter than the GTI one and as the gearboxes on the mk3 G40 are practically perfect (unlike the chocolate ones of later models) they are also practically indestructible.

G40's in stock condition are reliable as hell, but like any car they start to loose reliability after modding.

welcome to the site dude, get sum pics up soo we can see this machine