Hi, have som thougths about changing my 1,8 non turbo very slow sewingmachine engine inte a 1,8 RS turbo, hear from some people that it involves quite some job and parts. Does anyone know wich parts u need to change, gearbox? suspension? Breaks? maybe some chassie parts? Is there any difference to drive a RS than normal octavia except bigger engine? Would think it should be more agile and fast turning, as the Golf GTI...

Know its better to buy a new car but its not so fun

my opinion would be to go out & buy a vrs as the work & cost involved would not be worth it,if you buy a vrs then you can improve that if you want to...

As already said just buy a vRS

Unless you have a BIG pile of funds then i wouldn't entertain this idea as you are in for a lot of headache.

Im not a mechanic but i would say if you swap the engines you will need:

Gearbox

Clutch

Suspension

Brakes

Wiring

Fuel Lines

Exhaust

Then (unless you are a mechanic and can do it yourself) you got to pay someone to fit all that.

As Mikey has said buy a new one and spend the funds doing that up

HTH

Carl:thumbup:

Mmm maybe better get a vrs, could be alot of trouble true... But fun if it worked

Hmmm risk vs reward:rolleyes:

If you were putting an RS4 engine in to create the ultimate sleeper then maybe:rolleyes:

Carl:thumbup:

You could probably get a bit of money for the SLX then put it towards a vRS.

Also with a standard vRS you would probably pay less in insurance than you would for a 1.8 SLX heavily modified to be a vRS.

Engine, gearbox, manifolds, all other induction and exhaust pipework, ECU, and for your safety (and others), springgs, dampers and brakes.

Unless you can do it yourself and find a vRS that's being broken that looks rather like a vRS purchase sized bill!

You'd be better buying a vRS and making it look like an SLX if thats your aim.

You'd be better buying a vRS and making it look like an SLX if thats your aim.

Or buy a 1.8T Elegance, remap it and sort the suspension another way towards SLX/sleeper look. If only I had the money for the insurance to turn mine into one....

Yes exactly, would be cool to do some serious driving and still look like a slow turd... Live in norway so they do punish u with alot taxes for having a big fun engine, sure they wont notice small change Problem is to sell the vRS that will be turned into a crap SLX...

Hmmm risk vs reward:rolleyes:

If you were putting an RS4 engine in to create the ultimate sleeper then maybe:rolleyes:

Carl:thumbup:

I wanna do that lol, jus not the 2.7 V6 Bi turbo lol Im talkin the 4.2 V8 beast lol in a 4x4?????????/ what you think? lol

billy

I agree though mate jus buy a vRS as i would say you can get one pritty cheap nowadays.

my opinion would be to go out & buy a vrs as the work & cost involved would not be worth it,if you buy a vrs then you can improve that if you want to...

:iagree: It will very likely cost you far more to do the upgrade than to get yourself a good starting of a vrs straight off... i managed to pick a 53 plate up for £3700 and only 55K

there are some good Mk1 's out there to be had

I wanna do that lol, jus not the 2.7 V6 Bi turbo lol Im talkin the 4.2 V8 beast lol in a 4x4?????????/ what you think? lol

Yup its a good idea. I have often thought about doing it to my MK2 vRS but when i enquired about the cost involved it would be cheaper to just buy an RS4:rolleyes:

If i had millions though then i would do as that would be an outstanding sleeper and the look on peoples faces would be funny as hell:rofl:

Carl:thumbup:

yes came to the same conclusion just my 1,8 is extremly slow now im seroiuosly scared its going to stop any day soon. Engine just jumping when i push the throttle. Tried to check with diagnosis tool on the skoda service but of course my diagnosis contact didnt work...

thers quite afew have done it on the golf forum , if u look around u prob cna get all the parts for around 1500 pound .... loom,ecu ,complete engine ,intercooler,suspension legs etc ...