Prompted by reading Missp's plans to supercharge Lissy it got me thinking bout the lack of a high (or even medium) powered petrol Fabia.

I expect to get harpooned for this but why are there no Fabia's out there with Octy or other VAG 2.0T engines?

Is a complete engine/drive train swap physically impossible or would it simply prove too expensive?

Opinions, comments and no doubt abuse welcome

There's always the mustang beating Fabia 2 litre. Apparently it's like a rocket.

Transplant a Mk4 Ibiza 1.8t into it Pretty much everything's the same.

Bit of engine mods and a turbo kit = 400bhp fabia

- Kev

That Kev is exactly the kinda thing i was thinking.

Black cloud creating 260 BHP diesels is lovely but a screaming petrol would be a completely differnet beast. Although 400BHP might be a little extreme (for me anyway)

Jabba don't fancy a project car do they?

I'll source the donor vehicles if you guys do all the work!

my god this is freaky!!

me and kev were talking about this at the pub last night LOL

find a mk4 ibiza 20v thats been rolled!! stronger internals more boost and you have a 400bhp brick!!

something i'd also like to do but its all money money money money money.........

I know Bill of Badger 5 has exactly that - a mk 4 ibiza with 517BHP which is/has been attempting to race at Castle Combe - however I went to 90% of meets last year and saw it once! :thumbdwn:

I have neither the ability, inclination or bottomless pit of money to do it myself but given the obsessive nature of most Briskodians I wondered why it hadn't been already!

But Kev clearly theres a market there! Get Brian to sign it off as a project!

You'd be wrong there, Bills Ibiza is a mk3

We're talking about the later mk4 shape

It'd take a lot to convince brian that jabba should pay for an engine transplant in my fabia

- Kev

oh god its so tempting....but i just spent 800 on a clutch that i wouldn't be able to use if i started the project.....unless i put the vrs engine in the golf.........hmmmm.......DAMN YOU KEV

I'm sure someones posted this link before:

Enjoy:)

You'd be wrong there, Bills Ibiza is a mk3

We're talking about the later mk4 shape

Oops a rookie mistake and i had a mark 4 yellow Ibiza too!

Either way it's a mental machine.

And Brian seemed like a reasonable bloke stick a thread on petitioning the work and we'll all sign it and he'll HAVE to do it!!

Prompted by reading Missp's plans to supercharge Lissy it got me thinking bout the lack of a high (or even medium) powered petrol Fabia.

I expect to get harpooned for this but why are there no Fabia's out there with Octy or other VAG 2.0T engines?

Is a complete engine/drive train swap physically impossible or would it simply prove too expensive?

Opinions, comments and no doubt abuse welcome

Woohoo I am an inspiration!!! haha. Wasnt Duggie thinking of a 1.8t transplant into Felix? (Felix currently has same engine as Lissy)

I certainly was and when I saw Lummox on sunday he seemed to think that it could be done pretty easily (pretty please mate)... if peeps are willing to help felix is a willing donor car, just need to get my insurance claim money through!

-Duggie.