Xu To Jp4

[samthornton1990 23]

I've just bought a 1.9 gti but I think the engines on it's way out, very tappy and the bottom end has some lovely noises coming from it.

 

I'm between rebuilding it or putting a 1.6 16v in as my mate used to have one on his 106 which used to leave my old 205 standing.

 

I've had a search and nothings come up. Had anyone done this conversion in a GTI?

 

If so what is required to to make the engine fit as the mounts are different etc

 

Any help would be appreciated ☺

[welshpug 1,661]

a healthy 1.9 will keep up just fine and have a gearbox that wont s*it itself, unless you want to go into doing a BE4 conversion too, I'd get another XU.

 

plenty of topics on fitting the TU engine in, the brackets on the shell are all the same for a later TU.

[samthornton1990 23]

Are the MA boxes that bad? I will look into rebuilding mine then, just after my last one I figured the TU would be the better engine.

 

I was gutted, finally got my dream car which on paper is quicker than the 1.6 16v and next thing he went steaming past me. I was pretty gutted!

[welshpug 1,661]

if it was lighter the TU5 would make sense, its a heavy old lump for its capacity though, the 1.9 makes more sense.

 

and yeah the MA is a bit of a chocolate teapot.

 

my personal experience is that a decent 1.9 will have no trouble at all keeping up with a 106 gti, they're lighter and have more power after all...

[samthornton1990 23]

I'll get looking for a healthier engine then when I recrue some funds/ fine one to rebuild on the side!

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

The MA gearbox is OK it just doesn't like abuse or much over 100k before needing new bearings, mainly the input shaft one nearest the clutch, but it's a backwards step personally, Better off with a 16v XU

[samthornton1990 23]

After doing some reading I think I may stick with the XU, found one on ebay for cheap!