I was thinking of maybe next year change my felicia for a fabia, and i was contemplaiting costs, running cost, fuel economy and other such...

i read in wikipeadia and this forum about the fabia, IMHO a felicia is the best choice by far

the F.E. of the fabia it much lower than a felicia, parts are more expensive (at least here) and the car itself (1.4 Mpi Classic {petrol}) peformance is worst than the felicia

so since the outer shell is what interested me, i'm now looking for a fabia to fit a felicia engine

my F.E. average now is 21 mpg (US), since i do only City Driving i'm hoping to get it to stock 27 mpg (US) and with hypermiling get it to 32 mpg (US) seems pretty doable, question is... would the weight of the Fabia body hinder the performance too much? cus the engine swap is very straight forward, and if i use a carburetor one is almost a brisk half a day job.

I was thinking of maybe next year change my felicia for a fabia, and i was contemplaiting costs, running cost, fuel economy and other such...

i read in wikipeadia and this forum about the fabia, IMHO a felicia is the best choice by far

the F.E. of the fabia it much lower than a felicia, parts are more expensive (at least here) and the car itself (1.4 Mpi Classic {petrol}) peformance is worst than the felicia

so since the outer shell is what interested me, i'm now looking for a fabia to fit a felicia engine

my F.E. average now is 21 mpg (US), since i do only City Driving i'm hoping to get it to stock 27 mpg (US) and with hypermiling get it to 32 mpg (US) seems pretty doable, question is... would the weight of the Fabia body hinder the performance too much? cus the engine swap is very straight forward, and if i use a carburetor one is almost a brisk half a day job.

A very good friend of mine owns a Fabia 1.4 MPI (68 hp)...

I have the felli 1.3 SPI (68 hp)...

I have a better FE because the care is lighter. And spare parts are much much cheaper (Lucky, i have contacts in CZ)... His fabia weights almost 300 kg more than my felly. And he always pays a lot of money if he has to repair sth. (Coolant radiator above 200 € (felly costs about 30 €)).

I will run my felly at least for 5 more years. In August I will go on a Trip to Paris (1200 km) ... Last year he did a 2000 km holiday trip without problems and had a FE of 6,1 liters/100 km

If you want good performance with extremely good (60 mpg +) fuel efficiency get a 1.4 TDI Diesel Fabia. However even the 1.9 TDI Fabia will do 50 mpg plus and it is generally a reliable engine.

If you want good performance with extremely good (60 mpg +) fuel efficiency get a 1.4 TDI Diesel Fabia. However even the 1.9 TDI Fabia will do 50 mpg plus and it is generally a reliable engine.

actualy the reason for the engine swap is because of maintenance and parts, if i use the drive train (engine trans etc..) i can afford it...

as far as F.E. the 300 kg diferences is not a big one, so i would just fit the correct tires (165/70R13 175/65R14 175/60R15) to keep the F.E. as high as posible and since i drive alone most of the time it wont have a huge impact on the engine, that is as far as i can figure

Sorry didn't realiseyou wanted to do an engine swap. I thought you wanted to buy a Fabia

The original 1.4 lump in the fabia is actually the same engine as the 1.3 felly but bored out and different anciliarys.

Phil