Felicia Pickup 1.8T Conversion Project at Horton SKODA!

[HortonSkoda]

Hi All,

 

We have just started a project to convert a 2000 X Felicia Pickup into a track day monster!

 

Transplanting a 1.8T engine, gearbox, suspension, interior and anything else it needs from an 2003 Octavia vRS 1.8T into a Felicia Pickup we sold originally back in 2000 to a local owner, who still had it from new until very recently!

 

The project will be led by SKODA Technician of the Year, our Master Technician, Darren and assisted by the rest of the Horton SKODA workshop crew and will be ready for Spring

 

We will be posting regular updates on our website www.hortonskoda.co.uk YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF6hco0wo_SCqoOTySxHnIA and our Facebook page.

 

 

Watch this space!

 

 

[TeflonTom]

Hi, I have done this conversion before, have a look at this topic for inspiration.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/209180-felicia-18t-transplant-thread/

[HortonSkoda]

Great stuff thanks, will let Darren know!

[BossFox]

Fantastic!

[TeflonTom]

Excellent, the biggest moment you have is the "will it fit" doubt, so yes it will, but it is a challenging fit, I would recommend swapping the turbo for one from an in line mounted engine so the down pipe comes out the side rather than right next to the steering rack. Get the engine as far over to the drivers side as possible and as far back as it will go.

[dazzquibell]

The enthusiasm in the lads gives me no doubt as to whether it will fit, but how far we can take it, all projects are possible but the attitude in the workshop is, "once it's in, what next?", don't think its going to be a run of the mill engine change, gearbox,running gear, will also be part of the initial project, it's where we go from there that will make it stand out from others.

[whitemarina]

But will you all have cool -tshirts to wear while you're doing it..... they do on't telly....

[dazzquibell]

Ha, you tell me?! Aslong as they arnt pink, and on't telly, the boss has a beer assistant, I know of a certain person who is dying to join the team, if you can get a tshirt small enough ;-)

[DarrellGB]

Can't wait to see this one finished

[tempra007]

Got to make sure everyone can see it from the waiting room window though, don't go and hide it in the far corner (where it was in the video?), Whats happening to the Octy?, Is Oliver going to sell it, or whats left of it?

[dazzquibell]

[TeflonTom]

crikey, those inner wings are some of the worst I've ever seen

[dazzquibell]

Which ever genius owned it before fibreglassed over the rot, nearside is sorted and looks good

[ClarkE_123]

Once this is complete, it will be much easier to do the second conversion, let me know if this is more than a one off

Edited 8 November, 2014 by ClarkE_123

[whitemarina]

Depends on what the boss says, but he's got a few old Skods lying round the place and if this one turns out right we will definitely do another and if the finished article is as good as Darren says it will be, you never know we could always take on commissions!  

[pincopallino3401]

i want to do the same project with my felicia estate. 1.8 20v 225cv from tt with a six gear , gearbox from tt 180cv ... but i think i have to change the elettronic injection because the original injection from 225cv is a piece of sh.t 

 

(my english is soo bad)

[gfwc]

crikey, those inner wings are some of the worst I've ever seen

I think mine are worse !

[dazzquibell]

So the plan was to have the engine ready for mounting this week, but the rot needed more attention than first thought. Finished the repairs at the front end, now to start what we set out to do.

[TeflonTom]

How are you going to mount the engine? Use the octavia mountings?

[dazzquibell]

It depends Tom, I see you had used a different gearbox,having done some basic measurements,if we can get the engine sat correctly there should be no need to alter drive shaft lengths.

[TeflonTom]

That is something I really regret doing now, i used an 02a box from a mk3 golf becuase it was all I could find at the time, I should have held out till I could lay my hands on a proper 1.8T gearbox. First and second gears are both too short, I might swap the box out for another 02a from a mk3 golf Tdi.

although I must say that the relatively short gearing from the mk3 golf Gti gearbox does make the acceleration faster at the expense of running out of revs at high speed. Mine is bouncing off the Rev limter at about 125mph.

[HortonSkoda]

Part 2 Update!

 

Czech us out!!........    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xbsrqFBkfs

[devonutopia]

You need a sped-up bit of video when the engine is taken out the donor.  Should be about 60 minutes from start to engine out :P

[dazzquibell]

Big morning thanks to jamie (technician at hortons) engine was out and mounted in place, surprising at how well it fits, it went in the pickup easier than it came out the octavia

[dazzquibell]

Custom gearbox mount made this morning, and installed, engine sits perfectly level as it did in the octavia.