TylerS502

Bought the truck as scrap and recovered it to the dealership. Don't mind about the value as it will be my car with no intentions to sell.... ever. I wanted one for ages and this one is far from original already! photo is from the day I bought it, Purple and red... horrible! I do think the 1.2 will be an easier swap.

Yes I will definitely be changing gearbox to one suited for the engine. It will probably be the same gearbox I recieve out of the donor car and the Chain drive EA111 do not fit the skoda box to my knowlege. I have been looking at those threads and there is some useful info out there regarding fitment and wiring.

I work at a main dealer and have alot of help around me to make this work. We dont see why not, especially if we have the whole donor car available. Main issue first is getting it in there. I'm aware it's not a direct fit so I'll be making my own engine and gearbox mounts for this and may have to modify the chassis. (I'm aware this is not the chain driven CAXA I want but it's a good reference) At the moment the truck is a blank canvas, ready to accept anything and I'm really excited for results be it 1.4 or 1.2. Thanks for everyone's replies PS - anyone in the UK looking to buy a 1.6AEE? 😂

Honestly I'd rather have a petrol car as I already have a TDI fabia. I only want about 140bhp out of it and I want to do something that hasn't been done. It's definitley do-able.

I realise that. Saw someone put one of the newer belt driven 1.4 TSIs in a mk1 golf on youtube and thats what started my interest.

So.. I've decided to change path with my ongoing project and thinking about engine conversions for the Pickup. So I'm biting the bullet and going for something completely different! I'm thinking either of these EA111 engines - 1.2 CBZB or 1.4 CAXA. (i know its gonna be a pain in the a*s) but you can pick them up for a surpisingly less money than I was expecting. I don't think im interested in going for any of the twin charged lumps as space is my biggest worry and I quite like both these engines, just gotta look after those chains... Hopefuly this is going to be a build thread for this project. I'm now on the hunt for a donor car....

Ok. So there is nothing better than the skoda box and my best option is to find a new one? (Current box is done for.)

Is there a "better gearbox" for my felicia? I understand that the AEE engine fits with the VW 085 gearboxes however is it actually better than the skoda boxes? Will it work? I'm looking to get around 120bhp and would like to keep the 1.6.