Alan_M 66 1 Cars Posted January 23, 2006 Advice sought after..... Some of you may know that I managed to get a GTi6 lump recently. I have been thinking about what to do with it and have come up an idea but would like advice first. I've read on here that the GTi6 head is a better item than the Mi16 and the GTi6 bottom end is weaker so was going to strap the head to an iron block Mi16 bottom end with a 1905cc Mi16 crank fitted to increase cc's a little. Do you think it'll be worth it chopping and changing the engine parts, or shall I just stuff the 1905cc crank into the complete GTi6 lump instead? Thanks Alan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonnie205 1 Posted January 23, 2006 Fit the gti6 lump as it is would be my advice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carl Chambers 7 2 Cars Posted January 23, 2006 I agree that if the GTi-6 engine is a good one stick it in as it is cause its not worth the hassle of swopping things about and I think the GTi-6 engine is a much better engine than the Mi16 anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxi 36 1 Cars Posted January 23, 2006 The GTi6 units seem really really good to me. I dont understand what the problem is with reliability issues! Cambelt change regularly (30K) and regular services will see it live a long and prosperous life. They have a habit of throwing rods I know but it only seems to be a small minority. My advice would be to leave well alone too. If it aint broke, dont fix it! Maxi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
205007 12 Posted January 23, 2006 ive just put a 6 in my goodwood (with some help i must add) and it had done 60k on the original belt and water pump the belt looked ok but the water pump was showing signs of leakage so id just change the lot for o.e stuff and jobs a goodun woudnt start faffing with the cc`s as theyre pretty torquey anyway (im only assuming thats why you want cc`s) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted January 23, 2006 The only real differance between the XU10J4 and XU10J4R & RS blocks are the breather pipes and that the RS rods don't use float gugeon pin's, So they are a strong little unit bat th eold oil surge proplems the XU engine has Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob_the_Sparky 9 Posted January 24, 2006 But why take out a rebuilt Mi and replace with a 2nd hand GTi6 (or pay the money for the GTi6 rebuild). Surely there is so little extra to be had it isn't worth it. Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alastairh 47 Posted January 24, 2006 Yeah, just wack the Tb's on the Mi Alan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
